Approval broadens DAR­ZA­LEX label to in­clude fifth treat­ment op­tion in the re­lapsed / re­frac­tory setting and rep­re­sents the eighth ap­prov­ed in­di­ca­tion for DAR­ZA­LEX

Horsham, PA (Press Release) – The Janssen Pharma­ceu­tical Com­panies of John­son & John­son an­nounced to­day the U.S. Food and Drug Admin­istra­tion (FDA) ap­prov­al of DAR­ZA­LEX® (dara­tu­mu­mab) in com­bi­na­tion with Kyprolis® (car­filz­o­mib) and dexa­meth­a­sone (DKd) for the treat­ment of adult patients with re­lapsed / re­frac­tory mul­ti­ple myeloma who have re­ceived one to three pre­vi­ous lines of ther­apy. DAR­ZA­LEX® has been ap­prov­ed in com­bi­na­tion with two car­filz­o­mib dosing regi­mens, 70 mg/m2 once weekly and 56 mg/m2 twice weekly, based on pos­i­tive re­­sults from the Phase 3 CANDOR and Phase 1b EQUULEUS stud­ies, rep­re­senting the first-ever ap­prov­al of an …

• DARZALEX® (dara­tu­mu­mab) ap­prov­ed by U.S. FDA in com­bi­na­tion with car­filz­o­mib and dexa­meth­a­sone for the treat­ment of adult patients with re­lapsed / re­frac­tory mul­ti­ple myeloma who have re­ceived one to three pre­vi­ous lines of ther­apy
• Approval based on the Phase 3 CANDOR study
• Approval marks eighth U.S. FDA ap­prov­al for DAR­ZA­LEX

Copenhagen, Denmark (Press Release) – Genmab A/S (Nasdaq: GMAB) an­nounced to­day that the U.S. Food and Drug Admin­istra­tion (U.S. FDA) has ap­prov­ed the use of DAR­ZA­LEX® (dara­tu­mu­mab) in com­bi­na­tion with car­filz­o­mib and dexa­meth­a­sone (DKd) for the treat­ment of adult patients with re­lapsed / re­frac­tory mul­ti­ple myeloma who have re­ceived one to three pre­vi­ous lines of ther­apy. A supple­mental Biologics License Appli­ca­tion (sBLA) for this in­di­ca­tion was sub­mitted by Genmab’s licensing part­ner, Janssen Bio­tech, Inc. (Janssen), in Feb­ru­ary 2020. In August 2012, Genmab granted …

Thousand Oaks, CA (Press Release) – Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) to­day an­nounced that the U.S. District Court in Delaware issued a de­ci­sion upholding the validity of pat­ent claims from three pat­ents that pro­tect Amgen's multiple myeloma ther­apy KYPROLIS® (car­filz­o­mib). Today's de­ci­sion will prevent Cipla Limited, and Cipla USA, Inc. (collectively "Cipla") from making, using, selling, offering to sell, or importing its generic version of KYPROLIS until expiration of these three U.S. pat­ents. The latest pat­ent expiry is in De­cem­ber 2027.

Onyx Thera­peutics, Inc., an indirect, wholly-owned sub­sid­i­ary of Amgen Inc., brought a pat­ent in­fringe­ment suit …

Application is based on pos­i­tive data from the Phase 3 CANDOR study, which were pre­sented at the 2019 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

Raritan, NJ (Press Release) – The Janssen Pharma­ceu­tical Com­panies of Johnson & Johnson announced today the sub­mission of a supple­mental Biologics License Application (sBLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Admin­istra­tion (FDA) seeking approval of DARZALEX® (dara­tu­mu­mab) in com­bi­na­tion with Kyprolis® (car­filz­o­mib) and dexa­meth­a­sone (DKd) for re­lapsed / re­frac­tory multiple myeloma. The sBLA is sup­ported by results from the Phase 3 CANDOR study, which com­pared treat­ment with DKd to car­filz­o­mib and dexa­meth­a­sone (Kd) in patients with multiple myeloma who re­lapsed after one to three prior lines of ther­apy.

"While we con­tinue to …

• Phase III CANDOR study of dara­tu­mu­mab in com­bi­na­tion with car­filz­o­mib and dexa­meth­a­sone in re­lapsed or re­frac­tory mul­ti­ple myeloma met the pri­mary end­point of im­prove­ment in pro­gres­sion free sur­vival
• Data to be discussed with health author­i­ties in preparation for regu­la­tory sub­missions

Copenhagen, Denmark (Company Announcement) – Genmab A/S (Nasdaq: GMAB) an­nounced to­day top­line re­­sults from the Phase III CANDOR study, sponsored by Amgen, of dara­tu­mu­mab in com­bi­na­tion with car­filz­o­mib and dexa­meth­a­sone (Kd) versus Kd alone in patients with mul­ti­ple myeloma who have re­lapsed after one to three prior ther­a­pies. The study met the pri­mary end­point of im­prov­ing pro­gres­sion free sur­vival (PFS). The regi­men re­­sulted in a 37% re­duc­tion in the risk of pro­gres­sion or death in patients with re­lapsed or re­frac­tory mul­ti­ple myeloma treated with …

First Phase 3 Study Combining KYPROLIS and DARZALEX, Two Critical Mechanisms of Action in Treatment of Multiple Myeloma

Thousand Oaks, CA (Press Release) -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced the Phase 3 CANDOR study eval­u­ating KYPROLIS® (car­filz­o­mib) in com­bi­na­tion with dexa­meth­a­sone and DARZALEX® (dara­tu­mu­mab) (KdD) com­pared to KYPROLIS and dexa­meth­a­sone alone (Kd) met its pri­mary end­point of pro­gres­sion-free survival (PFS). The regi­men resulted in a 37% reduction in the risk of pro­gres­sion or death in patients with re­lapsed or refractory multiple myeloma treated with KdD (HR=0.630; 95% CI: 0.464, 0.854; p=0.0014). The median PFS for patients treated with Kd alone was 15.8 months, while the median PFS for patients treated …

Ein Team von US-Forschern hat die Ergebnisse einer Untersuchung von Augenlidkomplikationen bei Patienten mit multiplem Myelom veröffentlicht, die mit Velcade oder Kyprolis behandelt wurden. Auf Grundlage ihrer Unter­suchungsergebnisse schlagen die Autoren der neuen Studie auch Leitlinien für die Prävention und das Management solcher Komplikationen vor.

Die Autoren berichten über eine Fallserie von 16 Patienten, die nach Be­ginn der Behandlung mit Velcade (Bortezomib) oder Kyprolis (Carfil­zomib) entweder Blepharitis oder ein Hagelkorn entwickelten.

Blepharitis ist der medizinische Begriff für chronische Entzündungen des Augenlids; ein Hagelkorn (Chalazion) ist eine Zyste im Augenlid, die durch eine …