Janssen’s Multiple Myeloma Gene Therapy On Track For EU-Wide Approval

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The European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee has recommended five new drugs for use in the EU at its latest monthly meeting.

Multiple myeloma cells emitting M (Monoclonal) protein in the blood flow - isometric view 3d illustration
Multiple myeloma is an incurable blood cancer that starts in the bone marrow • Source: Alamy

Janssen’s gene therapy for multiple myeloma patients, Carvykti (ciltacabtagene autoleucel), has been recommended for conditional EU-wide approval.

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