A new investigational compound targeting a central pathway in cancer development showed promising results in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma…
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During a strenuous but spectacular hike, a team including four patients is traversing Nepal’s Khumbu region, encountering some of the world’s tallest mountains, and experiencing…
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Revlimid Delays Disease Progression in Smoldering Myeloma Patients, Preliminary Trial Results Show
Celgene‘s immunomodulatory agent Revlimid (lenalidomide) significantly extended the time until disease progression in patients with smoldering multiple myeloma who were not yet experiencing any symptoms of…
MYELOMA
Darzalex Add-on Increases Complete Responses After Stem Cell Transplant, Phase 3 Myeloma Trial Shows
Adding Darzalex (daratumumab) to the standard pre-transplant therapy for multiple myeloma significantly increased the number of patients showing no signs of cancer after…
STRO-001, Sutro Biopharma’s investigational therapy for multiple myeloma, was granted orphan drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “There…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review to Karyopharm Therapeutics’ application requesting accelerated approval of its investigational therapy selinexor as…
MYELOMA
Most Blood Cancer Patients Don’t Fully Understand Their Diagnosis, Survey in England Reveals
Among those with blood cancers — including myeloma, lymphoma, and leukemia — only 59% fully understand their diagnosis, data from England’s National Cancer Patient Experience…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Adaptive Biotechnologies’ clonoSEQ Assay to detect and monitor minimal residual disease (MRD) — the…
A combination of Oncolytics Biotech’s investigational therapy Reolysin (pelareorep) with anti-cancer medication Opdivo (nivolumab) and standard of care will be tested in…
MYELOMA
Once-weekly Kyprolis with Dexamethasone Approved in US for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a combination of once-weekly Kyprolis (carfilzomib), developed by Amgen, and dexamethasone for the treatment of multiple…
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