Takeda's LIVTENCITYTM (maribavir) Approved by U.S. FDA as the First and Only Treatment for People Ages 12 and Older with Post-Transplant Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

OSAKA, Japan, and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) ('Takeda') announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved LIVTENCITY (maribavir) for the treatment of adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age or older and weighing at least 35 kg) with post-transplant cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection/disease that is refractory to treatment (with or without genotypic resistance) with ganciclovir, valganciclovir, cidofovir, or foscarnet.1 Overall, more than twice the proportion of adult transplant patients with refractory or resistant (R/R) CMV infection/disease achieved confirmed CMV DNA level

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