Abecma cuts worse outcomes risk in half in hard-to-treat myeloma cases
Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel or ide-cel) reduced the risk of disease progression or death by half in adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma…
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Free International Myeloma Foundation forum is back in March
Following a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Patient and Family Seminar hosted by the International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) will return…
Worse Prognosis Found for Obese, Underweight Myeloma Patients
Extremes in body mass index (BMI) — a ratio of weight to height that’s used to estimate a person’s healthy weight — are associated with…
CARsgen, Huadong Reach Deal to Commercialize CT053 in China
Huadong Medicine has been granted the exclusive rights in China to commercialize CT053, CARsgen Therapeutics’ investigational cell therapy for people with relapsed or…
Data: Revlimid Triple Combo Is Better as Myeloma Maintenance Therapy
In people with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma following a stem cell transplant, a triple-combination maintenance therapy — of Revlimid (lenalidomide), Kyprolis (carfilzomib)…
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…
FDA Asked to Approve Talquetamab for Hard-to-treat Multiple Myeloma
Janssen has submitted an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking that talquetamab be approved to treat relapsed or refractory…
International Myeloma Foundation Wins 2022 AWS IMAGINE Grant
The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) is one of the nonprofit organizations awarded the 2022 Amazon Web Services (AWS) IMAGINE Grant, which was established to…
SP-3164 ‘Molecular Glue’ Stops Growth In Lab-grown Cells, Mice
SP-3164, an investigational small molecule protein degrader, showed potential for improved anti-multiple myeloma activity over similar approved compounds. That’s according to preclinical data from…
Phase 1 Trial to Test ‘Off-the-shelf’ CAR T-cell Therapy CB-011 in 2023
Caribou Biosciences will soon start testing its new CAR T-cell therapy candidate, CB-011, in people with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. A Phase…
