FDA Advisory Committee Votes in Favor of Abecma for Triple-Class Exposed Multiple Myeloma in Earlier Lines of Therapy
“We are extremely pleased with the positive outcome of the ODAC meeting, which recognizes the favorable benefit/risk profile of Abecma, and based on results from the KarMMa-3 study, we are confident in the significant clinical benefit that Abecma delivers for patients with triple-class exposed relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, an incurable disease with no clear effective standard of care in earlier lines of therapy,” said Anne Kerber, senior vice president, head of Late Clinical Development, Hematology, Oncology and Cell Therapy, Bristol Myers Squibb. “We look forward to working with the FDA as it completes review of our sBLA in order to bring this potentially transformative therapy to more patients in need.”
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