SELLAS Life Sciences’ lead therapy candidate galinpepimut-S (GPS) received orphan medicinal product designation from the European Medicines Agency for the treatment of multiple myeloma…
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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Leukogene Therapeutics, a startup company from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), has been awarded a $2 million Small Business Technology…
Backed by former Major League Baseball All-Stars Dave Winfield and Steve Garvey, Amgen has launched a program aimed at raising awareness of multiple myeloma,…
The European Commission has approved the anti-CD38 antibody Darzalex (daratumumab), in combination with standard therapy, for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients who cannot receive a stem…
Poseida Therapeutics’ CAR T-cell therapy candidate P-BCMA-101 is showing superior safety over alternatives and significant effectiveness in patients with relapsed or refractory…
Smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) — an early, asymptomatic precursor of multiple myeloma — often exhibits similar genetic alterations as the full-blown disease, suggesting that patients could…
