Accelerated EU Committee Nod for J&J/Genmab's Darzalex

Janssen-Cilag (Johnson & Johnson) and Genmab's CD38 monoclonal antibody product Darzalex (daratumumab) has been granted the green light for approval in adults with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma, under an accelerated procedure.

Janssen-Cilag (Johnson & Johnson) and Genmab's CD38 monoclonal antibody product Darzalex (daratumumab) has been granted the green light for approval in adults with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma, under an accelerated procedure.

The decision comes two months after Bristol-Myers Squibb's rival multiple myeloma product Empliciti (elotuzumab) received its own accelerated decision from the EMA's scientific committee, but ahead of another potential...

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