ARIAD Announces Iclusig Data Presentations at Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) today announced the schedule of several data presentations on Iclusig^® (ponatinib) that will take place at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) being held in New Orleans, December 7 to 10, 2013. The schedule and meeting location for the sessions at ASH, together with the abstract information are listed below:

PACE Trial: Two-Year Follow Up in Chronic Phase Patients
Title:	Ponatinib in Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) and Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Ph+ ALL) Resistant or Intolerant to Dasatinib or Nilotinib, or with the T315I BCR-ABL Mutation: 2-Year Follow-Up of the PACE Trial
Oral Session:	Chronic Myeloid Leukemia – Therapy: Emerging Aspects of Monitoring and Long Term Treatments
Date & Time:	Monday, December 9, 2013, 4:45 p.m.
Abstract No.:	650
Presenter:	Jorge E. Cortes, M.D. (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Location:	Hall E, Room E3
PACE Trial: Management of Adverse Events
Title:	Ponatinib in Heavily Pretreated Patients with Chronic Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CP-CML): Management of Adverse Events (AEs)
Poster Session:	Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Therapy: Poster I
Date & Time:	Saturday, December 7, 2013, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Abstract No.:	1496
Author:	Philipp D. Le Coutre, M.D. (Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
Location:	Hall E
PACE Trial: Post-Dasatinib Efficacy and Safety
Title:	Efficacy and Safety of Ponatinib Following Failure of Dasatinib in Patients (pts) with Chronic Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CP-CML) in the PACE Trial
Poster Session:	Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Therapy: Poster I
Date & Time:	Saturday, December 7, 2013, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Abstract No.:	1498
Author:	Andreas Hochhaus, M.D. (University Medical Center Jena in Germany)
Location:	Hall E
PACE Trial: Post-Nilotinib Efficacy and Safety
Title:	Efficacy and Safety of Ponatinib Following Failure of Nilotinib in Patients with Chronic Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CP-CML) in the PACE Trial
Poster Session:	Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Therapy: Poster II
Date & Time:	Sunday, December 8, 2013, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Abstract No.:	2738
Author:	Hagop M. Kantarjian, M.D. (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Location:	Hall E
PACE Trial: Baseline BCR-ABL Mutations Identified by Mass Spectrometry
Title:	Additional BCR-ABL1 Mutations Identified by Sensitive Mass Spectrometry in Chronic Phase CML Patients with T315I Treated with Ponatinib Are Associated with Relatively Inferior Responses and Outcomes
Oral Session:	Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Therapy: Emerging Aspects of Monitoring and Long Term Treatments
Date & Time:	Monday, December 9, 2013 at 5:00 p.m.
Abstract No.:	651
Presenter:	Wendy T. Parker, Ph.D. (Department of Genetics and Molecular Pathology, Centre for Cancer Biology, Adelaide, Australia)
Location:	Hall E, Room E3
PACE Trial: Baseline BCR-ABL Mutations Identified by Next-Generation Sequencing
Title:	Impact of Baseline (BL) Mutations, Including Low-Level and Compound Mutations, on Ponatinib Response and End of Treatment (EOT) Mutation Analysis in Patients (Pts) with Chronic Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CP-CML)
Oral Session:	Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Therapy: Emerging Aspects of Monitoring and Long Term Treatments
Date & Time:	Monday, December 9, 2013, 5:15 p.m.
Abstract No.:	652
Presenter:	Michael Deininger, M.D., Ph.D. (University of Utah School of Medicine Huntsman Cancer Institute)
Location:	Hall E, Room E3
PACE Trial: Dose Modification
Title:	Clinical Impact of Dose Modification on Response to Ponatinib in Patients with Chronic Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CP-CML)
Poster Session:	Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Therapy: Poster III
Date & Time:	Monday, December 9, 2013, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Abstract No.:	4007
Presenter:	Javier Pinilla-Ibarz, M.D., Ph.D. (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center)
Location:	Hall E
Investigator Sponsored Trial: MD Anderson’s Front Line Study
Title:	Ponatinib as Initial Therapy for Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Chronic Phase (CML-CP)
Poster Session:	Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Therapy: Poster I
Date & Time:	Saturday, December 7, 2013, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Abstract No.:	1483
Presenter:	Jorge E. Cortes, M.D. (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Location:	Hall E
Health Economics and Outcomes Research: Comparative Efficacy after 2G TKIs
Title:	Comparative Efficacy among Chronic Phase-Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CP-CML) Patients after Failure of 2^nd Generation Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (2G TKIs)
Poster Session:	Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Therapy: Poster III
Date & Time:	Monday, December 9, 2013, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Abstract No.:	4010
Presenter:	Jeff H. Lipton, Ph.D., M.D. (Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto)
Location:	Hall E
Preclinical: Potency of Ponatinib and Other Approved TKIs
Title:	Comprehensive Analysis of the In Vitro Potency of Ponatinib and All Other Approved BCR-ABL TKIs Against a Panel of Clinically-Relevant Single and Compound BCR-ABL Mutants
Poster Session:	Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Therapy: Poster III
Date & Time:	Monday, December 9, 2013, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Abstract No.:	3992
Presenter:	Joseph M. Gozgit, Ph.D. (ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
Location:	Hall E

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