ASCO: Treatment options for multiple myeloma are shifting rapidly, with new patients increasingly being treated with a 4-part drug combination that includes a new immunotherapy agent. What does this mean for patients, and how will treatment change in the future?
Tag: C. Ola Landgren
Recent FDA Committee Vote Could Speed Multiple Myeloma Drug Approval
An FDA committee voted unanimously last month to approve a new clinical endpoint, minimal residual disease, when evaluating proposed drugs to treat multiple myeloma. The 12-0 vote was based primarily on an analysis spearheaded by C. Ola Landgren, M.D., Ph.D., first author of a new paper published May 20 in the journal Blood.
FDA’s ODAC Rules Unanimously on a Faster Way to Approve Multiple Myeloma Therapies
An FDA advisory committee (ODAC) voted 12-0 today in favor of a major shift in how the agency evaluates new treatments for multiple myeloma. If approved by the FDA, the result will be faster approval of new treatments for multiple myeloma.