CAR T-cell therapy offers substantial remission rates in trial
In a Phase III study, a CAR T-cell therapy more than tripled progression-free survival compared with standard care for triple-class exposed multiple myeloma.
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In a Phase III study, a CAR T-cell therapy more than tripled progression-free survival compared with standard care for triple-class exposed multiple myeloma.
Long before the advent of Coronavirus, next-generation therapies were making headlines, but the successful development of COVID-19 vaccines, including mRNA vaccines, has now shone a spotlight on next-generation therapies. This offers a boost to the long-term growth projections for the advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) sector. But although ATMPs hold…
The European Commission (EC) has approved Abecma, the first anti-BCMA CAR T-cell therapy for patients with multiple myeloma.
Drugs recommended for approval by the European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee included a gene therapy and two generics, among five others.
Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel) was approved for adults with relapsed or refractory myeloma based on its 72 percent overall response rate in a trial.