EMPOWERING MYELOMA ADVOCACY ACROSS EUROPE 
EMPOWERING MYELOMA ADVOCACY ACROSS EUROPE
The world’s largest haematology conference will be held virtually this year from the 5th to 8th of December. Despite the difficulties and limitations posed by the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s American Society of Haematology Annual Meeting will feature , more than 200 abstracts in myeloma and AL amyloidosis.
Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE), in collaboration with the European Cancer Organisation’s Patient Advisory Committee, held a webinar on Evidence-Based Patient Advocacy on 17 November.
Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE), in collaboration with the European Cancer Organisation’s Patient Advisory Committee, will hold a webinar on Evidence-Based Patient Advocacy on Tuesday, 17 November from 14:00 – 17:15 CET.
The 6th World Congress on Controversies in Multiple Myeloma (COMy) will be held virtually on 3 – 4 October 2020. Leading doctors in myeloma and AL amyloidosis will discuss the latest advances in the field and improvements in patient care.
As part of Myeloma Patients Europe’s (MPE) ongoing work to ensure that the patient voice is fully represented, and to strengthen organizations’ and individuals’ ability to advocate effectively, in 2017 MPE created the Advocate Development Program (ADP). The ADP is a 12-month training programme designed to develop participants’ advocacy knowledge and skills to better serve patients locally, nationally, and across Europe. Through the course, participants improve their understanding of clinical research and development, mechanisms…
This year, the European Cancer Summit 2020 will take place on November 18 – 19 as a virtual congress. To help support our members in their ongoing education and advocacy, MPE will be sponsoring one representative from each member organisation to attend European Cancer Summit 2020 as a patient advocate.
The pharmaceutical company Oncopeptides has announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the OP-201 study. This is an open-label, phase 1/2 study to evaluate melflufen and dexamethasone in AL amyloidosis patients, following at least one prior line of therapy. This is the first study to explore the effect of melflufen outside of myeloma.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved belantamab mafodotin (BLENREP) as a monotherapy treatment for adult patients with relapsed or refractory myeloma who have received at least four prior therapies including an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody, a proteasome inhibitor and an immunomodulatory agent. This indication is approved under accelerated approval based on response rate. Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in confirmatory trials. This…
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted a positive opinion recommending the approval of belantamab mafodotin as monotherapy for the treatment of myeloma in adult patients, who have received at least four prior therapies and whose disease is refractory to at least one proteasome inhibitor, one immunomodulatory agent, and an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody, and who have demonstrated disease progression on the last therapy.
