The European Commission has extended Xgeva‘s (denosumab) approval for the prevention of bone lesions in multiple myeloma patients, Amgen, the medicine’s maker, announced. The…
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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The combination of Revlimid (lenalidomide) and dexamethasone for the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma showed similar benefits in routine clinical practice as it did…
The investigational therapy bb2121, a possible treatment for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma patients, is advancing in clinical testing under a recently announced partnership…
A new Phase 3 clinical trial called ACCoRd is underway to investigate the benefits of adding Ninlaro (ixazomib) – a proteasome inhibitor – to…
AbbVie and the International Myeloma Foundation are collaborating to study the role of a genetic mutation — the t(11;14) translocation — in multiple myeloma treatments…
SELLAS Life Sciences’  Galinpepimut-S vaccine more than doubles the time it takes for high-risk multiple myeloma patients’ cancer to worsen, a Phase 2 clinical trial shows.
