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).
In his new book, “No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson,” Gardiner Harris, who was previously the public health and pharmaceutical business reporter for The New York Times, talks about the history of the overuse of red blood cell growth factors in oncology.
