Amgen said the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has adopted a positive opinion recommending a label variation for Kyprolis (carfilzomib) to include updated overall survival data from the phase III head-to-head ENDEAVOR trial in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (Kyprolis and dexamethasone versus Velcade [bortezomib] and dexamethasone).
Speaking on The Cancer Letter Podcast, Taofeek Kunle Owonikoko recalled recent conversations with two junior faculty members at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center.
