Study shows less hospital time for outpatient stem cell transplants
Multiple myeloma patients undergoing a stem cell transplant in an outpatient setting spent about a week less in the hospital than those undergoing the…
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Adding Aphexda helps to collect more stem cells for ASCT in trial
Aphexda (formerly motixafortide), BioLineRx’s experimental add-on therapy, greatly increased the number of blood stem cells collected for autologous stem cell transplants (ASCT), a life-extending…
Elranatamab under FDA priority review for hard-to-treat myeloma
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review to Pfizer‘s application of its investigational under-the-skin therapy elranatamab for people with relapsed…
Talquetamab for Advanced Multiple Myeloma Up for Approval in EU
Janssen Pharmaceuticals is seeking European Union approval for talquetamab, a subcutaneous (under-the-skin) antibody therapy for hard-to-treat multiple myeloma. The request, in the…
CAR T-cell Therapy Safe, Effective in Treatment-resistant Myeloma: Study
A CAR T-cell therapy called CART-ddBCMA that targets the protein BCMA — produced at high levels in myeloma cells — safely led to lasting…
Ninlaro as Oral Combo Therapy Fails at Trial in Heavily Treated Patients
Adding Ninlaro (ixazomib) to cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone does not improve progression-free survival for multiple myeloma patients who relapsed after several lines of treatment,…
Europe’s CHMP Supports Carvykti T-cell Therapy Approval in EU
Carvykti (ciltacabtagene autoleucel; cilta-cel) has been recommended for approval in Europe by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), an arm of the…
Longer Survival for Black vs White Myeloma Patients With Same Care
Black people with multiple myeloma live longer than white patients with similar disease symptoms when both receive the same new and updated medical treatments,…
Sarclisa Extends Survival in RRMM, Long-term Phase 3 Trial Data Shows
The therapy Sarclisa (isatuximab) extended survival by nearly seven months in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma patients also given Pomalyst (pomalidomide) and dexamethasone as standard…
FDA Approves 8th Darzalex Faspro Indication for Myeloma Patients
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Darzalex Faspro (daratumumab and hyaluronidase), in combination with Kyprolis (carfilzomib) and the corticosteroid dexamethasone,…