Regeneron is acquiring Checkmate Pharmaceuticals and entered a clinical trial collaboration with SpringWorks Therapeutics to evaluate REGN5458 in multiple myeloma in combination with nirogacestat.
The European Commission granted Conditional Marketing Authorization for Bristol Myers Squibb’s Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel; ide-cel) – a first-in-class B-cell maturation antigen-directed chimeric antigen receptor T cell immunotherapy – for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least three prior therapies, including an immunomodulatory agent, a proteasome inhibitor and an anti-CD38 antibody and have demonstrated disease progression on the last therapy.
Amgen is snapping up privately held Teneobio and the company’s class of biologics dubbed Human Heavy-Chain Antibodies in a deal that could total $2.5 billion.
AbbVie exercised an exclusive right to acquire TeneoOne, an affiliate of TeneoBio, and the company’s lead asset TNB-383B for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (R/R MM).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted for priority review the Biologics License Application submitted by Janssen Biotech Inc. for ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel). The investigational B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy is intended for the treatment of patients with relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma (MM).
U.S. FDA Approves Abecma for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Approvals, B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA), Bristol Myers Squibb, CAR-T Therapy, Clinical Trials, Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS), FDA/Regulatory, First-In-Class, Human Anti-CD38 Monoclonal Antibody, Immunomodulatory Agents, Proteasome Inhibitors, R&D, Relapse/Refractory Multiple Myeloma, TherapeuticsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Bristol Myers Squibb’s and bluebird bio’s Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel) as the first anti-BCMA CAR T cell therapy for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
Bristol Myers Takes $470 Million Write-off and Scraps Orva-Cel CAR-T Program
B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA), Biologics License Application (BLA), Bristol Myers Squibb, Business, CAR-T Therapy, Clinical Trials, PDUFA, R&D, Relapsed Or Refractory (R/R) Large B-Cell Lymphoma (LBCL), Therapeutics, Write-offsBristol Myers Squibb reported that the company was abandoning the BCMA CAR-T therapy orva-cel and taking a $470 million write-off.
Can Janssen Cure Cancer? Company’s 80+ ASH Presentations Suggest It’s On Right Track
American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA), Cancer, Clinical Data, Clinical Trials, Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, Hematology, Janssen, Johnson & Johnson, R&D, Relapse/Refractory Multiple Myeloma, T-Cells, TherapeuticsThe Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson has a presence in more than 80 of the hematology studies presented at the 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition in December.
Bristol Myers Squibb and bluebird bio are eying a potential quick approval for a CAR-T treatment for multiple myeloma after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted the Biologics License Application under priority review for idecabtagene vicleucel.
Celyad Oncology is at the forefront of cutting-edge immunotherapy and is hopeful of providing a new way forward for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.