Multiple Myeloma

Aug 05, 2024

Despite significant progress in multiple myeloma treatment with a range of biological drugs and their combinations—such as IMiDs (BMS REVLIMID, POMALYST/IMNOVID), anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody drugs (DARZALEX, SARCLISA), the anti-SLAM7 monoclonal antibody (AbbVie and BMS multiple myeloma drug EMPLICITI), and new pr...

Jul 30, 2024

Multiple Myeloma, the second most common type of blood cancer after non-Hodgkin lymphoma, is characterized by the presence of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow. The diagnosis involves identifying these highly abnormal and unstable cells, which proliferate aggressively and spread through the bloodstream and ...

Jul 25, 2024

Over the years, REVLIMID has become an integral weapon in the cancer therapeutics armory. This odyssey of REVLIMID in the multiple myeloma segment began in 2005, when it was approved by the US FDA for the treatment of adult patients with multiple myeloma, in combination with dexamethasone.  As the wise say,...

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 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...