‘The Run Is Worth The Slide:’ FDA Advisors Urge Expansion Of J&J’s CAR-T Carvykti Despite Initial Upfront Treatment Risks

Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee also favors earlier use of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Abecma in multiple myeloma, although some members raise concerns about lack of plateau in progression-free survival benefit and equivocable overall survival data.

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Early treatment risks are outweighed by possibility of prolonged period of durable response, ODAC says of J&J's CAR-T in earlier lines of multiple myeloma treatment. • Source: Shutterstock

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