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Dear Doctor Letter (Rote-Hand-Brief) on BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitors: Risk of reactivation of hepatitis B

Active substance: imatinib, dasatinib, nilotinib, bosutinib, ponatinib

The pharmaceutical companies concerned are circulating information on the risk of reactivation of hepatitis B after treatment with BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitors and the necessity of examining patients with regard to hepatitis B viral load prior to commencing treatment.

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