New HealthTree Feature Promotes Patient-to-Patient Communication
The navigation platform HealthTree has added a feature that enables people with myeloma to communicate with other patients on specific disease topics. Called Myeloma Crowd…
Myeloma
Myeloma overview
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.
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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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ONCOTracker, Binding Site Team Up to Develop sBCMA Monitoring Test
ONCOTracker and The Binding Site have entered an agreement to develop and commercialize a new test that measures serum levels of the…
Ninlaro Combo Fails to Halt Progression of Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma, Trial Data Show
Adding Takeda’s Ninlaro (ixazomib) to Revlimid (lenalidomide) and dexamethasone failed to significantly extend life without disease progression in people newly…
Ide-cel Granted FDA Priority Review for Heavily-treated Multiple Myeloma
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review to Bristol Myers Squibb and Bluebird Bio‘s application requesting the approval of…
FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to ‘Off-the-shelf’ CAR T-cell Therapy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted fast track designation to PBCAR269A, Precision BioSciences‘ donor-derived CAR T-cell therapy for the treatment…
Investigational Myeloma Treatment KP1237 Wins FDA Orphan Drug Status
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to Kleo Pharmaceuticals‘ KP1237, an investigational treatment for…
