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FDA approves Abecma for earlier lines of treatment for MM

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FDA approved Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel; ide-cel) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma after two or more prior lines of therapy including an immunomodulatory agent, a proteasome inhibitor, and an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody, based on results from the KarMMa-3 trial (The Cancer Letter, March 22, 2024).

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