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Monoclonal antibody
2/4/2013
Genmab A/S announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has granted Fast Track designation for daratumumab. This designation covers patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least three prior lines of therapy including a proteasome inhibitor (PI) and an immunomodulatory agent (IMiD) or are double refractory to a PI and an IMiD.
In August 2012, Genmab granted Janssen Biotech, Inc. an exclusive worldwide license to develop and commercialize daratumumab.
Daratumumab is an investigational anti-cancer drug. It binds to CD38.[1] Daratumumab was originally developed by Genmab, but it is now being jointly developed by Genmab along with the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Biotech, which acquired worldwide commercialization rights to the drug from Genmab.[2]
Encouraging preliminary results were reported in June 2012 from a Phase 1/2 clinical trial in relapsed multiple myeloma patients.[3] Updated trial results presented in December 2012 indicate daratumumab is continuing to show promising single-agent anti-myeloma activity.[4]
- World Health Organization (2009). “International Nonproprietary Names for Pharmaceutical Substances (INN). Proposed INN: List 101” (PDF). WHO Drug Information 23 (2).
- “‘Janssen Biotech Announces Global License and Development Agreement for Investigational Anti-Cancer Agent Daratumumab'”. Janssen Biotech. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
- “ASCO: Drug Shows Promise in Myeloma”. MedPage Today.
- “‘Daratumumab Continues To Show Promise For Relapsed/Refractory Myeloma Patients (ASH 2012)'”. The Myeloma Beacon. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
DRUG APPROVALS BY DR ANTHONY MELVIN CRASTO
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