• BLENREP is the first anti-BCMA (B-cell maturation an­ti­gen) ther­apy ap­prov­ed in the Euro­pean Union
• Marketing autho­ri­sa­tion follows the recent US ap­prov­al of BLEN­REP

London, United Kingdom (Press Release) – GlaxoSmithKline plc to­day an­nounced the Euro­pean Com­mis­sion has granted con­di­tional mar­ket­ing autho­ri­sa­tion for BLEN­REP (belantamab mafo­dotin) as mono­therapy for the treat­ment of mul­ti­ple myeloma in adult patients who have re­ceived at least four prior ther­a­pies and whose dis­ease is re­frac­tory to at least one pro­te­a­some in­hib­i­tor, one immuno­modu­la­tory agent, and an anti-CD38 mono­clonal anti­body, and who have dem­onstrated dis­ease pro­gres­sion on the last ther­apy. BLEN­REP is a first-in-class humanised anti-BCMA (B-cell maturation an­ti­gen) treat­ment for these patients whose …

• BLENREP is a first-in-class anti-BCMA (B-cell maturation an­ti­gen) ther­apy for patients whose dis­ease has progressed de­spite prior treat­ment with an immuno­modu­la­tory agent, pro­te­a­some in­hib­i­tor and anti-CD38 anti­body
• BLENREP is the fifth major med­i­cine ap­prov­al for GSK in 2020

London, United Kingdom (Press Release) – GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) an­nounced the US Food and Drug Admin­istra­tion (FDA) has approved BLEN­REP (belantamab mafo­dotin-blmf) as a mono­therapy treat­ment for adult patients with re­lapsed or re­frac­tory mul­ti­ple myeloma who have re­ceived at least four prior ther­a­pies in­clud­ing an anti-CD38 mono­clonal anti­body, a pro­te­a­some in­hib­i­tor and an immuno­modu­la­tory agent. This in­di­ca­tion is approved under ac­cel­er­ated ap­prov­al based on re­sponse rate. Continued ap­prov­al for this in­di­ca­tion may be con­tin­gent upon veri­fi­ca­tion and description of clin­i­cal ben­e­fit in …

London, United Kingdom (Press Release) – GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) to­day an­nounced the Com­mit­tee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the Euro­pean Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted a pos­i­tive opinion rec­om­mending the ap­prov­al of be­lan­ta­mab mafo­dotin as mono­therapy for the treat­ment of mul­ti­ple myeloma in adult patients, who have re­ceived at least four prior ther­a­pies and whose dis­ease is re­frac­tory to at least one pro­te­a­some in­hib­i­tor, one immuno­modu­la­tory agent, and an anti-CD38 mono­clonal anti­body, and who have dem­onstrated dis­ease pro­gres­sion on the last ther­apy.

Dr Axel Hoos, Senior Vice Pres­i­dent and Head …

• Recommendation based on re­view of DREAMM clin­i­cal trial pro­gramme, in­clud­ing the pivotal DREAMM-2 study
• If approved, be­lan­ta­mab mafo­dotin will be a first-in-class anti-BCMA ther­apy for the treat­ment of re­lapsed / re­frac­tory mul­ti­ple myeloma

London, United Kingdom (Press Release) – GlaxoSmithKline to­day an­nounced the US Food and Drug Admin­istra­tion (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Com­mit­tee (ODAC) voted 12-0 in favour of the dem­onstrated ben­e­fit of mono­therapy treat­ment with be­lan­ta­mab mafo­dotin outweighing the risks for patients with re­lapsed or re­frac­tory mul­ti­ple myeloma who have re­ceived at least four prior ther­a­pies in­clud­ing an immuno­modu­la­tory agent, a pro­te­a­some in­hib­i­tor and an anti-CD38 anti­body. Two com­mit­tee members could not par­tic­i­pate in the final vote.

Dr Axel Hoos, Senior Vice Pres­i­dent and Head of …

Stamford, CT (Press Release) – Spring­Works Thera­peutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SWTX), a clin­i­cal-stage bio­pharma­ceu­tical com­pany focused on devel­op­ing life-changing med­i­cines for patients with severe rare dis­eases and can­cer, to­day an­nounced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 1b clin­i­cal trial eval­u­ating Spring­Works Thera­peutics’ inves­ti­ga­tional gamma secretase in­hib­i­tor, niro­gace­stat, in com­bi­na­tion with GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) inves­ti­ga­tional anti-B-cell maturation an­ti­gen (BCMA) anti­body-drug con­ju­gate, be­lan­ta­mab mafo­dotin, in patients with re­lapsed or re­frac­tory mul­ti­ple myeloma. The niro­gace­stat and be­lan­ta­mab mafo­dotin com­bi­na­tion is being eval­u­ated as a sub-study in GSK’s on­go­ing DREAMM-5 plat­form trial.

Gamma secretase in­hib­ition …

London, United Kingdom (Press Release) – GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) to­day an­nounced the US Food and Drug Admin­istra­tion (FDA) will convene a meeting of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Com­mit­tee (ODAC) to re­view data sup­port­ing the com­pany’s Biologics License Appli­ca­tion (BLA) for be­lan­ta­mab mafo­dotin for the poten­tial treat­ment of patients with re­lapsed or re­frac­tory mul­ti­ple myeloma who have re­ceived at least four prior ther­a­pies in­clud­ing an immuno­modu­la­tory agent, a pro­te­a­some in­hib­i­tor and an anti-CD38 anti­body. The ODAC will meet virtually on 14 July 2020.

Dr Axel Hoos, Senior Vice Pres­i­dent and Head of Oncology …

Milestone Triggers $10 Million Payment to Molecular Templates

Austin, TX (Press Release) – Molecular Templates, Inc. (Nasdaq: MTEM, “Molecular Templates” or “MTEM”), a clin­i­cal-stage bio­pharma­ceu­tical com­pany focused on the discovery and devel­op­ment of the com­pany’s pro­pri­e­tary engi­neered toxin bodies (ETBs), which are dif­fer­en­ti­ated, targeted, biologic thera­peutics for cancer and other serious dis­eases, today announced the initiation of dosing in a Phase I study investigating TAK-169 in patients with re­lapsed / re­frac­tory multiple myeloma. Co-developed with Takeda Pharma­ceu­tical Com­pany Limited (“Takeda”), TAK-169 is a poten­tial first-in-class CD38-targeting ETB. As a result of achieving this mile­stone, MTEM will re­ceive a $10 million pay­ment …