The Committee for Medicinal products for Human Use (CHMP) decided that TRISENOX’ s benefits are greater than its risks for induction of remission and consolidation in adult patients with relapsed/ refractory APL, characterised by the presence of the t(15; 17) translocation and/ or the presence of the Pro-Myelocytic Leukaemia/ Retinoic-Acid-Receptor-alpha (PML/ RAR-alpha) gene, when previous treatment has included a retinoid and chemotherapy.