Baxter Bioscience and Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Announce Filing for European Approval of MM-398, an Investigational Treatment for Post-Gemcitabine Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

DEERFIELD, Ill. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX) and Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:MACK) jointly announced that Baxter has submitted a marketing authorization application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for approval of MM-398 (irinotecan liposome injection), also known as ''nal-IRI,'' an investigational treatment for patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas who have been previously treated with gemcitabine-based therapy. The submission follows Merrimack’s recent filing of a new drug application (NDA) for this indication with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).