The 11 patients had already received treatment after treatment for their cancers, some as many as 20 different courses of therapy. Yet their...
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CAR-T cell update: Therapy improves outcomes for patients with B-cell lymphoma
An international phase-2 trial of a CAR-T cell therapy—to be published on-line Dec. 1 in the New England Journal of Medicine (and presented at the...
You’re invited! Myeloma New Zealand Christmas Function
Ken Romeril, CEO Myeloma New Zealand Charitable Trust invites you to the Myeloma New Zealand Christmas Function 12 December, 5.00pm at BNZ Partners...
FDA Grants Poseida’s P-BCMA-101 RMAT Status for Treatment of Multiple Myeloma
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted P-BCMA-101, Poseida Therapeutics’ CAR T-cell therapy and lead product candidate,...
Expert Highlights Use of CAR T-Cell Therapy in DLBCL
There has been activity with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells in patients with relapsed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL),...
CAR T studies highlight Abramson Cancer Center research at ASH Annual Meeting
From better-understanding how to improve response rates in multiple myeloma patients to identifying why some patients with other types of cancer are...
Registry could be ‘invaluable’ for tracking long-term CAR T-cell therapy outcomes
The Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, through an alliance with Novartis, aims to track the long-term outcomes of...
Expert Evaluates Evolving Options in Newly Diagnosed Myeloma
Transplant remains the standard of care for eligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, although the optimal induction regimen and...
Advances in myeloma treatments, diagnostics have specialists ‘talking about cure’
A decade ago, patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma typically survived 3 to 5 years. However, the development of highly effective therapies...
An exciting treatment for the multiple myeloma community
A leading international consultant haematologist in the treatment of multiple myeloma, Professor Saad Z. Usmani, Chief of Plasma Cell Disorders...
Scientists stumble on promising agent for incurable cancer
Kiwi researchers have stumbled upon what could be a promising agent against an incurable blood cancer. Based on just-published findings, Otago...
FDA Commissioner Voices Concerns About CAR T-Cell Therapy Payment
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, expressed concern in October over the price of chimeric antigen receptor...