Multiple Myeloma

Jul 25, 2024

Over the past several years, multiple myeloma treatment options have expanded widely for patients, resulting in significantly improved outcomes. The FDA approved around 16 new agents and 30 treatment regimens, transforming the multiple myeloma treatment paradigm for patients with newly diagnosed and relapsed/refrac...

Jul 24, 2024

Multiple myeloma is the second most prevalent blood cancer diagnosis in the United States, after non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Males are significantly more likely than females to have multiple myeloma. Myeloma incidence is strongly correlated with age, with the highest rates of diagnosis occurring in adults aged 65 years a...

Jul 24, 2024

Step aside, CAR-Ts; with three FDA approvals, the class of bispecific antibodies has begun to take on the relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma treatment segment. Currently, the FDA has authorized 10 bispecific antibodies and one bispecific molecule, the majority of which are approved for oncology indications, ...

Jul 23, 2024

CEPI Grants $41.3 Million to Valneva to Enhance Global Access to First Chikungunya Vaccine The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and Valneva SE have expanded their partnership to enhance access to the world's first chikungunya vaccine, IXCHIQ®, in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). CEPI will...

Jul 23, 2024

Smoldering Multiple Myeloma (SMM) is an asymptomatic condition that acts as an intermediate stage between monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and multiple myeloma. First described by Kyle and Greipp in 1980, SMM typically affects individuals aged 50 to 70 and is usually diagnosed incidentally ...

Jul 19, 2024

A cancer of plasma cells, a malignant plasma cell dyscrasia, Multiple Myeloma is a cancer that accumulates in the bone marrow leading to the number of healthy blood cells to plunge. The condition results in osteolysis due to an increase in osteoclastic and decreased osteoblastic activity. Multiple myeloma predom...

Apr 08, 2024

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals unveiled promising results from the Phase I/II LINKER-MM1 trial of linvoseltamab in patients grappling with relapsed/refractory (R/R) multiple myeloma (MM) during the oral plenary session at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024 in San Diego. Linvoselta...

Mar 12, 2024

BeiGene Receives FDA Accelerated Approval for BRUKINSA in Relapsed/Refractory Follicular Lymphoma BeiGene, Ltd., has declared that the FDA has provided accelerated approval for BRUKINSA® (zanubrutinib) to be used in treating adult patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) follicular lymphoma (FL), when used alo...

Jan 30, 2024

Merck’s KEYTRUDA Reduced the Risk of Death by 38% Versus Placebo as Adjuvant Therapy for Patients With Renal Cell Cancer (RCC) at an Increased Risk of Recurrence Following Nephrectomy Merck, also known as MSD beyond the United States and Canada, has revealed findings from the Phase III KEYNOTE-564 trial, which a...

Dec 14, 2023

Date of Abstract presentation11th December 2023IndicationsMultiple MyelomaAbstract Number1014Abstract typeOral TALVEY (talquetamab) is a bispecific T-cell engaging antibody designed to target the CD3 receptor found on T-cells and G protein-coupled receptor class C group 5 member D (GPRC5D). The findings presente...