Adding Darzalex (daratumumab) to the treatment of multiple myeloma with Velcade (bortezomib) and dexamethasone significantly improved progression-free survival in a clinical trial of patients who…
Empliciti (elotuzumab), a monoclonal antibody, is approved in both the U.S. and Europe as a treatment, in combination with Revlimid (lenalidomide) and Decatron (dexamethasone), for multiple myeloma patients who…
Juno Therapeutics and privately held biotech Eureka Therapeutics have entered into an immunotherapy development partnership with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center…
Elotuzumab in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone prolongs the progression free survival of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM), according to…
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) and the University of Michigan have partnered to provide multiple myeloma patients and their doctors access to…
In a video posted on Healio’s Hematology-Oncology page, Dr. Ola Landgren, chief of the myeloma service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center…
A three-drug combination that includes thalidomide, in place of cyclophosphamide, prior to an autologous stem cell transplant was seen to improve response rates in multiple myeloma patients, according…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has designated Darzalex (daratumumab), in combination with standard-of-care regimens, a breakthrough therapy for people with previously treated multiple myeloma (MM), speeding…
A randomized Phase 3 clincal trial has concluded that combining bortezomib (Velcade) with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) does not show benefit in treating relapsed or refractory…
Many patients with blood cancers, such as myeloma, go into remission after receiving a stem-cell transplant. However, there are still many patients (about one-third) who relapse, a condition…
