The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the indication of Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel) to allow its use earlier in the therapy regimen…
Myeloma
Myeloma is a rare blood cancer that begins in plasma cells, a type of white blood cell normally responsible for producing antibodies that help fight off infectious pathogens and other threats.
While myeloma treatment can drive the disease into remission, sometimes for long periods of time, the cancer will often come back after a few months or years, and additional treatments will be needed.
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Combining the cancer therapy Venclexta (venetoclax) with a molecule called 5-azacytidine (5-aza) increased the former’s ability to kill lab-grown cancer cells derived from a range…
The European Commission has approved Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS)’s request to expand the use of the CAR T-cell therapy Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel) as…
An advisory committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has unanimously recommended extending the approval of Janssen’s Carvykti (ciltacabtagene autoleucel) as an…
Johnson & Johnson has applied to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for approval of its under-the-skin formulation of Darzalex (daratumumab), called…
Myeloma Action Month (MAM) is observed each March to call attention to multiple myeloma and the people affected by it, and this year’s…
