FDA has granted priority review to Pfizer’s (NYSE:PFE) bispecific antibody elranatamab for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). Also known as PF-06863135, the immunotherapy won breakthrough therapy designation from the FDA for RRMM in November 2022. The FDA has also accepted elranatamab’s Biologics License Application (BLA) while the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has…
FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation to Pfizer’s elranatamab for multiple myeloma
The investigational bispecfic antibody elranatamab has won breakthrough therapy designation from the FDA for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). Also known as PF-06863135, erlanatamab is a B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-targeted T-cell redirecting immunotherapy. BCMA is highly expressed on the surface of multiple myeloma (MM) cells. Elranatamab is also designed to target the CD3 receptor…
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The risk of cancer deaths has fallen steadily in recent years. Before the pandemic, the risk of death from cancer fell roughly 2% annually from 2015 to 2019. In the 1990s, the risk of cancer death fell approximately 1% each year, according to the American Cancer Society. In addition to improved screening and diagnosis, cancer…
Pfizer says employee stole confidential COVID-19 vaccine documents
Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) accused a former employee Chun Xiao (Sherry) Li of uploading 12,000 documents from a company-issued laptop to a personal Google Drive account and various personal devices. In a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Pfizer also accuses Li of misleading the company about what she did with…