Shots: The NICE has issued FAD which is based on the P-III ICARIA-MM trial assessing isatuximab + pom-dex vs pom-dex in patients prior treated with 3L treatment and at least 2L therapies including lenalidomide and a proteasome inhibitor with RRMM in 307 patients with RRMM… Read More »Sanofi’s Sarclisa (isatuximab) Receives NICE Recommendation for Patients with Multiple Myeloma
GlaxoSmithKline has approval on both sides of the Atlantic for its multiple myeloma drug Blenrep, after getting the nod from the European Commission. Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin) becomes the first BCMA-targeted drug for myeloma to be approved in the EU, and according to its label can… Read More »GSK moves further ahead in BCMA with EU okay for Blenrep
Blenrep, an antibody-drug conjugate, is the first drug approved for multiple myeloma that targets the antigen BCMA. Several other companies are also developing BCMA-targeting therapies for the blood cancer, including CAR-T cells and bispecific antibodies.
The FDA has approved GlaxoSmithKline’s multiple myeloma drug Blenrep, a first-in-class potential blockbuster that will be used in advanced disease. Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin) has been approved in patients who have received at least four therapies including an anti-CD38 such as Darzalex, a proteasome inhibitor and… Read More »FDA approves GSK’s Blenrep for advanced multiple myeloma
Shots: The Health Canada has approved Darzalex SC (daratumumab) in four regimens across five indications in patients with MM, notably newly diagnosed, transplant-ineligible patients as well as relapsed/refractory patients The approval is based on P-III COLUMBA and P-II PLEIADES studies. The P-III study demonstrated a… Read More »Janssen’s Darzalex (daratumumab, SC) Receives Health Canada Approval for the Treatment of Patients with Multiple Myeloma
The companies’ resubmission of their application Wednesday seeking approval for idecabtagene vicleucel was in line with the timeline they provided in May, when the FDA sent a refuse-to-file letter in response to their initial submission.
Bristol-Myers Squibb and bluebird bio have refiled their CAR-T therapy for multiple myeloma, leaving the outcome of a three drug “bet” with former Celgene shareholders dependent on a fast review from the FDA. BMS gave Celgene’s shareholders a “Contingent Value Right” (CVR) to sweeten the… Read More »BMS ‘bet’ with Celgene shareholders in balance after CAR-T refile
GlaxoSmithKline is closing in on EU approval for its first-in-class BCMA-targeting drug Blenrep, after getting a green light from the EMA’s human medicines committee. Blenrep, based on the antibody-drug conjugate belantamab mafodotin, has been recommended for conditional approval by the CHMP in adult patients with… Read More »CHMP gives nod to GSK’s BCMA drug Blenrep for myeloma
The Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 12-0 that the benefit-risk profile of belantamab mafodotin supported the drug. The vote came despite concerns expressed by the FDA in briefing documents ahead of the ODAC meeting, particularly with regard to ocular toxicity.
The FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee will convene Tuesday to discuss the drug, belantamab mafodotin. Despite the drug’s first-in-class potential, the briefing document for the meeting raised concerns about eye toxicity and questions about its risk-benefit profile.
The patient, who had been enrolled in the Phase I study at the higher dose level of UCARTCS1A, suffered a cardiac arrest, the causes of which are under investigation, the company said.
The approval of aspartame has a controversial history. The Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concluded that “there is a reasonable certainty that human consumption of aspartame: (1) …will not pose a risk of brain damage resulting in mental retardation, endocrine [hormonal]… Read More »Does Aspartame Cause Lymphoma?
