Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2019
Janssen announces BCMA CAR-T therapy JNJ-4528 granted U.S. FDA breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma
6 December 2019 - Newest designation for JNJ-4528 is supported by Phase 1b/2 CARTITUDE-1 study in adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
Janssen announced today that the U.S. FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation for JNJ-68284528 (JNJ-4528), an investigational B cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy in previously treated patients with multiple myeloma.
Breakthrough therapy designation is granted to expedite the development and regulatory review of an investigational medicine that is intended to treat a serious or life-threatening condition. The criteria for breakthrough therapy designation require preliminary clinical evidence that demonstrates the drug may have substantial improvement on at least one clinically significant endpoint over available therapy.
