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Marc J. Braunstein, MD, PhD, discusses the current landscape of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma and the utility of minimal residual disease in the research sphere.

Pembrolizumab Approaches EU Approval for Expanded Indication in Relapsed/Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma
February 1, 2020 - The European Medicines Agency’s Committee of Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended a label expansion for pembrolizumab for use as a single agent in adult and pediatric patients aged 3 years and older with relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma for whom autologous stem cell transplant has failed or following at least 2 previous therapies when ASCT is not an option.






January 29, 2021 - The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has adopted a positive opinion for selinexor for use in combination with dexamethasone in the treatment of select adult patients with refractory multiple myeloma.

Elias Jabbour, MD, discusses the rationale to evaluate KO-539 in relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia.











Tara Graff, DO, highlights active areas of exploration that are generating excitement in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.



January 26, 2021 - Novartis has signed a strategic collaboration agreement to in-license the PD-1 inhibitor tislelizumab from BeiGene, Ltd, in various markets outside of China.

January 26, 2021 - Acalabrutinib showed noninferior progression-free survival and a significantly lower incidence of atrial fibrillation versus ibrutinib in patients with high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia.









































































