Marina Konopleva, director of the Leukemia Program and co-director of the Blood Cancer Institute at the Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center, has joined Break Through Cancer, a collaborative medical research foundation that supports teams of scientists as they advance treatments for some of the world’s deadliest cancers.
In January, FDA released a draft guidance entitled “Minimal Residual Disease and Complete Response in Multiple Myeloma: Use as Endpoints to Support Accelerated Approval.” This release came roughly 20 months after the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) voted unanimously that minimal residual disease (MRD) negativity, in combination with complete response (CR), is an acceptable primary endpoint to support accelerated approval for multiple myeloma (MM) therapies.
