30 Apr

With New Data, Karyopharm Says It Will Ask for Myeloma Approval

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Karyopharm Therapeutics (NASDAQ: KPTI) reported this afternoon that its cancer drug selinexor has passed a big test in treating some of the most desperate multiple myeloma patients-those who have failed at least five other therapies. The Newton, MA-based company will ask U.S. and European drug regulators to consider selinexor for approval.

Karyopharm (NASDAQ: KPTI) reports that selinexor has succeeded in a Phase 2B study called STORM, which tested the drug in 122 “penta-refractory” patients. According to Karyopharm, 25.4 percent of the penta-refractory patients responded to treatment with selinexor and dexamethasone, and those responses lasted a median of 4.4 months…. Read more »

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