NIH researchers have developed a non-chemotherapy treatment regimen that is achieving full remissions for some people with aggressive B-cell lymphoma that has come back or is no longer responding to standard treatments. The five-drug combination targets multiple molecular pathways that diffuse large B-cell lymphoma tumors use to survive.
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use adopted a positive opinion recommending the granting of conditional marketing authorization of Tepkinly (epcoritamab), a T-cell engaging bispecific antibody administered subcutaneously, as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy.
