A novel cell therapy approach using cord blood-derived natural killer cells pre-complexed with AFM13, or acimtamig, a CD30/CD16A bispecific antibody, was safe and generated strong response rates for patients with refractory CD30-positive lymphomas, according to a new study from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has adopted a positive opinion for the extension of the marketing authorization of Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin) and recommended its approval in combination with etoposide, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, dacarbazine, and dexamethasone, a chemotherapy regimen, in adult patients with newly diagnosed stage 2b with risk factors/3/4 Hodgkin lymphoma.
