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Data from phase I/II open-label study of BCMA-directed CAR-T cell therapy lcar-b38m show tolerable safety profile, high response and MRD-negative rate in advanced r/r multiple myeloma

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson reported updated results from Legend Biotech Inc.'s LEGEND-2 phase I/II open-label study, which evaluated the investigational chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy LCAR-B38M in the treatment of patients with advanced relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
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New long-term data on acalabrutinib in mantle cell lymphoma and CLL

AstraZeneca and Acerta Pharma, its hematology research and development center of excellence, have presented new, long-term follow-up results for Calquence (acalabrutinib) in patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma and updated results of an ongoing clinical trial assessing acalabrutinib monotherapy in treatment-naïve patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia at ASH.
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New long-term data on Calquence presented

AstraZeneca and Acerta Pharma, its hematology research and development center of excellence, have presented new, long-term follow-up results for Calquence (acalabrutinib) in patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma and updated results of an ongoing clinical trial assessing acalabrutinib monotherapy in treatment-naïve patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia at ASH.
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Karyopharm reports positive top-line phase IIb SADAL data for Selinexor in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, reported positive top-line results from the phase IIb SADAL (Selinexor Against Diffuse Aggressive Lymphoma) study evaluating selinexor, the company's first-in-class, oral Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export compound, in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after at least two prior multi-agent therapies and who are ineligible for transplantation, including high dose chemotherapy with stem cell rescue.
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Celgene announces initial phase I/II liso-cel data in patients with r/r CLL

Celgene Corp. announced initial data from the dose-escalation part of an ongoing, open-label multicenter phase 1/2 study of investigational lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel; JCAR017) in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma, including patients with cytogenetic features of high-risk disease, who were previously treated with ibrutinib.
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Avelumab in platinum-resistant/refractory ovarian cancer did not meet OS and PFS endpoints

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer Inc. announced the phase III JAVELIN Ovarian 200 trial evaluating avelumab alone or in combination with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin, a type of chemotherapy, compared with PLD did not meet the prespecified primary endpoints of overall survival or progression-free survival in patients with platinum-resistant or -refractory ovarian cancer.