The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Darzalex (daratumumab), in combination with Revlimid (lenalidomide) and dexamethasone, or Velcade…
Inês Martins, PhD
Inês holds a PhD in biomedical sciences from the University of Lisbon, Portugal, where she specialized in blood vessel biology, blood stem cells, and cancer. Before that, she studied cell and molecular biology and worked as a research fellow at multiple institutes. In addition to several college awards, Inês won the Pfizer Basic Research Award in 2012 for a research paper. She also has a graduate degree in data science.
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Articles by Inês Martins, PhD
Multiple myeloma patients taking the immunomodulatory drug thalidomide may develop a potentially life-threatening dermatologic disorder called toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN),…
Adding the proteasome inhibitor Kyprolis (carfilzomib) to the standard two-drug regimen of Revlimid (lenalidomide) and dexamethasone significantly improves health-related quality…
The anti-CD38 agent Darzalex (daratumumab) will be investigated in a Phase 3 clinical trial in combination with Kyprolis (carfilzomib) and…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has verbally notified BioInvent International that it’s placing a full clinical hold on the…
Karyopharm Therapeutics is set to present novel clinical data on its lead product candidate selinexor, an oral selective inhibitor…
MorphoSys, the creator of HuCAL (Human Combinatorial Antibody Library), will give two oral and one poster presentation on the company’s…
Adaptimmune Therapeutics and Merck have agreed to begin a clinical trial next year assess the safety and efficacy of combining…
MYELOMA
Multiple Myeloma Patients Treated at Higher-volume Facilities Have Better Outcomes, Study Finds
Patients treated for multiple myeloma at facilities that see a higher number of multiple myeloma patients annually had better outcomes compared to…
Longer duration of maintenance therapy with Revlimid (lenalidomide) after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) prolongs survival for…