• U.S. FDA grants Priority Review for dara­tu­mu­mab in com­bi­na­tion with bor­tez­o­mib, thalido­mide and dexa­meth­a­sone as treat­ment for newly diag­nosed patients with multiple myeloma who are can­di­dates for au­tol­o­gous stem cell trans­plant
• September 26, 2019 PDUFA date

Copenhagen, Denmark (Company Announcement) – Genmab A/S (Nasdaq Copenhagen: GEN) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Admin­istra­tion (U.S. FDA) granted a Priority Review for the supple­mental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for the use of dara­tu­mu­mab (DARZALEX®) in com­bi­na­tion with bor­tez­o­mib, thalido­mide and dexa­meth­a­sone (VTd) as treat­ment for patients newly diag­nosed with multiple myeloma who are can­di­dates for au­tol­o­gous stem cell trans­plant (ASCT). The sBLA was submitted by Genmab’s licensing partner, Janssen Biotech, Inc. (Janssen), in March 2019. Priority Review is a …

The European Com­mis­sion has approved two of Celgene’s IMiD®-based com­bi­na­tion regi­mens:

• REVLIMID in combi­nation with bor­tez­o­mib and dexa­meth­a­sone (RVd) in adult patients with pre­vi­ously untreated multiple myeloma who are not eli­gible for trans­plant
• IMNOVID in com­bi­na­tion with bor­tez­o­mib and dexa­meth­a­sone (PVd), in adult patients with multiple myeloma, who have received at least one prior treat­ment regi­men in­­clud­ing REVLIMID.

Boudry, Switzerland (Press Release) – Celgene Corpo­ra­tion (NASDAQ:CELG), today announced that the European Com­mis­sion (EC) has approved two new triplet regi­mens based on Celgene’s pro­pri­e­tary IMiD treat­ments, REVLIMID (lena­lido­mide) and IMNOVID (poma­lido­mide).

REVLIMID in com­bi­na­tion with bor­tez­o­mib and dexa­meth­a­sone (RVd), is now indicated for the treat­ment of adult patients with pre­vi­ously untreated multiple myeloma who are not eli­gible for trans­plant. In addi­tion, IMNOVID, in com­bi­na­tion with bor­tez­o­mib and dexa­meth­a­sone (PVd), is now indicated for the treat­ment of adult patients with multiple myeloma who have received at …

The CHMP adopted two pos­i­tive opinions recommending European Com­mis­sion approval of:

• REVLIMID in com­bi­na­tion with bor­tez­o­mib and dexa­meth­a­sone (RVd) in adult patients with pre­vi­ously untreated multiple myeloma who are not eli­gible for trans­plant
• IMNOVID in com­bi­na­tion with bor­tez­o­mib and dexa­meth­a­sone (PVd), for adult patients with multiple myeloma, who have received at least one prior treat­ment regi­men in­­clud­ing lena­lido­mide

Summit, NJ (Press Release) – Celgene Corpo­ra­tion (NASDAQ:CELG), today announced that the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted pos­i­tive opinions for two triplet regi­mens based on Celgene’s pro­pri­e­tary IMiD® medications, REVLIMID (lena­lido­mide) and IMNOVID (poma­lido­mide).

The CHMP recommended approval of an expanded indi­ca­tion of REVLIMID as com­bi­na­tion ther­apy with bor­tez­o­mib and dexa­meth­a­sone (RVd) for the treat­ment of adult patients with pre­vi­ously untreated multiple myeloma who are not eli­gible for trans­plant.

The committee also recommended approval …

• In the ELOQUENT-3 trial, treat­ment with Empliciti plus poma­lido­mide and dexa­meth­a­sone (EPd) doubled median pro­gres­sion-free sur­vival and over­all re­sponse rate versus poma­lido­mide and dexa­meth­a­sone (Pd)¹
• Low dis­con­tinu­a­tion rates due to adverse reac­tions were observed with both EPd and Pd alone¹
• Empliciti, when used in com­bi­na­tion with poma­lido­mide and dexa­meth­a­sone, can be admin­istered once monthly after first two cycles¹

Princeton, NJ (Press Release) – Bristol-Myers Squibb Com­pany (NYSE: BMY) to­day an­nounced that the U.S. Food and Drug Admin­istra­tion (FDA) approved Empliciti (elo­tuzu­mab) in­jec­tion for intra­venous use in com­bi­na­tion with poma­lido­mide and dexa­meth­a­sone (EPd) for the treat­ment of adult patients with mul­ti­ple myeloma who have re­ceived at least two prior ther­a­pies, in­­clud­ing lena­lido­mide and a pro­te­a­some in­hib­i­tor.¹ In ELOQUENT-3, a ran­dom­ized, open-label, Phase 2 trial, EPd dem­onstrated ben­e­fit in patients with re­lapsed or re­frac­tory mul­ti­ple myeloma, doubling both median pro­gres­sion-free sur­vival (PFS) …

Summit, NJ (Press Release) – Celgene Corpo­ra­tion (NASDAQ: CELG) today announced results from an open-label phase II/III National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) study led by the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group and sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. REVLIMID® (lena­lido­mide) was provided by Celgene under a clin­i­cal trials agree­ment with the NCI’s Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis.

ECOG E3A06 is a ran­dom­ized study eval­u­ating the safety and efficacy of the inves­ti­ga­tional use of REVLIMID mono­therapy versus observation in patients with asymptomatic smol­der­ing multiple myeloma. …

Princeton, NJ (Press Release) – Bristol-Myers Squibb Com­pany (NYSE: BMY) to­day an­nounced that the Euro­pean Medicines Agency (EMA) has val­i­dated the Com­pany’s type II variation appli­ca­tion for Empliciti (elo­tuzu­mab) in com­bi­na­tion with poma­lido­mide and low-dose dexa­meth­a­sone (EPd) for the treat­ment of adult patients with mul­ti­ple myeloma who have re­ceived at least two prior ther­a­pies, in­cluding lena­lido­mide and a pro­te­a­some in­hib­i­tor (PI), and have dem­onstrated dis­ease pro­gres­sion on the last ther­apy. Validation of the appli­ca­tion con­firms the sub­mission is com­plete and begins the EMA’s centralized review process.

“Given the need for new treat­ment …

Application based on re­­sults from Phase 2 ELOQUENT-3 study

Princeton, NJ (Press Release) - Bristol-Myers Squibb Com­pany (NYSE:BMY) to­day an­nounced that the U.S. Food and Drug Admin­istra­tion (FDA) ac­cepted its supple­mental Biologics License Appli­ca­tion (sBLA) for Empliciti (elo­tuzu­mab) in com­bi­na­tion with poma­lido­mide and low-dose dexa­meth­a­sone (EPd) for the treat­ment of patients with re­lapsed / re­frac­tory mul­ti­ple myeloma (RRMM) who have re­ceived at least two prior ther­a­pies, in­­clud­ing lena­lido­mide and a pro­te­a­some in­hib­i­tor. The FDA granted the appli­ca­tion priority review with an action date of De­cem­ber 27, 2018.

“This file ac­ceptance is an im­por­tant step in BMS’s on­go­ing efforts to ad­vance …