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[ by | Dec 10, 2014 3:12 pm | 3 Comments ]
ASH 2014 Multiple Myeloma Update - Day Two: Education Session And Midday Oral Session

This past Sunday was the second day of the American Society of Hema­tology’s (ASH) annual meeting, which was held in San Francisco.

As on the first day of the meeting, myeloma-related pre­sen­ta­tions once again took place during several sessions through­out the day.

A myeloma-related education session held the first day of the conference was repeated once again on Sunday morning.

While the education session was being held, a separate “scientific sym­po­sium” with two oral pre­sen­ta­tions took place in parallel.  The session focused on a novel immuno­therapeutic ap­proach to treating cancer known as …

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[ by | Jun 14, 2014 9:59 pm | One Comment ]
ASCO 2014 Multiple Myeloma Update – Day Four: Poster Presentations

This year’s American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago ended last Tuesday.

The day before the meeting ended was the busiest day at the meeting with re­gard to myeloma research.  It featured a session of oral pre­sen­ta­tions in the morn­ing and a poster session in the afternoon. In addi­tion, an education ses­sion was held in the afternoon that included one myeloma-related talk, given by Dr. Leif Bergsagel of the Mayo Clinic, about progress in the treat­ment of mul­ti­ple myeloma (article in the ASCO 2014 Edu­ca­tional Book).

This update …

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[ by | Apr 24, 2014 8:27 am | 9 Comments ]
The Myeloma Quiz - April 2014

The Beacon is pleased to introduce our newest myeloma thought leader col­um­nist, Dr. Ravi Vij. Every three months, Dr. Vij will share with us a new edition of “The Myeloma Quiz,” which will test your knowledge and under­standing of the myeloma-related research published during the pre­vi­ous several months.

We hope you will join us in welcoming Dr. Vij to the Beacon community, and in thank­ing him for sharing with us his valuable perspectives.

The relentless grind in the battle against myeloma continues. The last several months have seen some major presentations …

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[ by | Mar 1, 2014 5:56 pm | 2 Comments ]
The Top Myeloma Research Of 2013

The year 2013 is likely to be remembered as a very good year when it comes to re­search related to multiple myeloma.

Previous years have witnessed re­search shedding new light on existing my­e­lo­ma ther­a­pies, as well as addi­tional re­search about poten­tial new ther­a­pies.

But, in the past, most of the im­por­tant new ther­a­pies that were being re­searched were from existing classes of ther­apy, making them less likely to offer dramatic im­prove­ments in the treat­ment of the dis­ease.

In 2013, not only was there more re­search about existing ther­a­pies, and more re­search about …

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[ by | Feb 11, 2014 1:22 pm | One Comment ]
Pomalyst Approved In Canada For Relapsed And Refractory Multiple Myeloma

Pomalyst is now approved in Canada for the treatment of certain patients with multiple myeloma.

Specifically, Health Canada approved Pomalyst (pomalidomide, Imnovid) for use in combination with dex­a­meth­a­sone (Decadron) in patients with multiple myeloma for whom both Revlimid (lenalidomide) and Velcade (bor­tezomib) have failed, who have received at least two prior treatment regimens, and who have demon­strat­ed disease progression on their last therapy.

Health Canada approved Pomalyst on January 20, but the approval was first announced this morning.

Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG), the company that developed and markets Pomalyst, expects Pomalyst …

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[ by | Feb 11, 2014 6:30 am | Comments Off ]

POMALYST Is A New Option For Patients Whose Disease Has Progressed Despite Treatment With Available Therapies

Health Canada Approves Pomalyst (Pomalidomide Capsules) Providing New Hope For Patients With Progressive Multiple Myeloma Mississauga, Ontario (Press Release) - Health Canada has approved POMALYST™ oral ther­apy (poma­lido­mide capsules) in com­bi­na­tion with dexa­meth­a­sone, for patients with multiple myeloma for whom both lena­lido­mide and bor­tez­o­mib have failed, who have received at least two prior treat­ment regi­mens and have dem­onstrated dis­ease pro­gres­sion on their last regi­men. Until POMALYST, there have been few options for patients whose dis­ease has progressed despite being treated with traditional ther­a­pies. Treatment with POMALYST has been shown to im­prove rates of over­all survival and extend pro­gres­sion-free survival in patients who no longer respond to lena­lido­mide …

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[ by | Feb 10, 2014 3:38 pm | 4 Comments ]
Pomalyst-Based Combination Regimens Presented At ASH 2013

At the 2013 annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), which took place in December, there were many oral and poster pre­sen­ta­tions about Pomalyst, the newest drug approved in the United States and Europe for the treatment of multiple myeloma.

Many of the presentations were about studies of Pomalyst (poma­lido­mide, Imnovid) and dex­a­meth­a­sone (Decadron) in combination with a third drug, such as Velcade (bortezomib), Kyprolis (car­filz­o­mib), cla­rith­ro­my­cin (Biaxin), cyclo­phos­pha­mide (Cytoxan), or Doxil (doxorubicin lipo­somal), for relapsed and refractory myeloma.

Several of …

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