DREAMM Data Sets GSK’s Blenrep Up For Second Line Myeloma Dominance

Overall survival data presented at ASH and filed with the US FDA puts Blenrep on course for a comeback – something that GSK’s oncology leader said he had never really doubted.

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Once almost written-off, GSK’s Blenrep now looks like a practice-changing therapy for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, after the company unveiled impressive Phase III overall survival data at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting in San Diego, CA.

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