EMA recommends market authorisation for elotuzumab

Elotuzumab receives a positive Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) opinion for the treatment of multiple myeloma patients who have receive at least one prior therapy. The reccommensation is based in the results of a randomised open-label Phase 3 study evaluating the use of elotuzumab in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone versus lenalidomide and dexamethashone alone. The results show that myeloma progresses more slowly on those patients who took elotuzumab compared to those…