MorphoSys Targets 2020 Tafasitamab Launch Following Good DLBCL Data

Morphosys says good L-MIND Phase II data back its plan to submit a US BLA to the US Food and Drug Administration by year-end, for a potential mid-2020 approval of tafasitamab.

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L-MIND Combined MOR208 And Lenalidomide In r/r DLBCL Patients • Source: Shutterstock

Prospects for submission this year and mid-2020 approval of MorphoSys AG’s first ever proprietary drug were boosted by good Phase II data for MOR208 as a late-stage treatment for refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, analysts and the German group said.

MOR208 (tafasitamab), an Fc-enhanced anti-CD19 monoclonal antibody, in combination with the immunomodulatory drug lenalidomide in r/r DLBCL, met its primary endpoint of best objective response rate (ORR) compared to published data on the respective monotherapies in the ongoing L-MIND Phase II clinical study

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