- Janssen-Cilag International NV (NYSE:JNJ) submits a Type II variation application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) seeking approval of DARZALEX (daratumumab), in combination with lenalidomide [Celgene's (NASDAQ:CELG) REVLIMID] and dexamethasone or bortezomib [Takeda's (OTCPK:TKPHF)(TKPYY) VELCADE] and dexamethasone, for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed multiple myeloma (MM) who have received at least one prior line of therapy.
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DARZALEX is currently approved in the EU as monotherapy in adult patients with relapsed/refractory MM whose prior therapy included a proteasome inhibitor (i.e., VELCADE) and an immunomodulatory agent (i.e., REVLIMID) and experienced disease progression on the last therapy.
- In two Phase 3 studies, CASTOR and POLLUX, supporting the application MM patients who had received one or more prior lines of therapy who were treated with one of the combinations experienced greater than a 60% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death (hazard ratio less than 0.40).