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Below you’ll find the most recent oncology news across Johnson & Johnson.

Janssen Announces U.S. FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation Granted for Talquetamab for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Novel GPRC5DxCD3 Bispecific Antibody Receives Breakthrough Therapy Designation Based Upon Results from the Phase 1/2 MonumenTAL-1 Study
Janssen Presents Updated Data at EHA for Teclistamab in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Data show a combination of teclistamab (BCMAxCD3 bispecific antibody) plus DARZALEX FASPRO® (daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj) improved clinical efficacy in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma
New IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) Data in Fixed-Duration Combination Regimen Presented at EHA 2022 Shows Deep, Durable Response at Three Years in Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
The all-oral, once-daily combination regimen also demonstrates the potential of immune restoration in this patient population
Janssen Presents Updated Results Evaluating First-in-Class GPRC5D Bispecific Antibody Talquetamab in Heavily Pretreated Patients with Multiple Myeloma
Updated results for talquetamab monotherapy and in combination with daratumumab highlighted in oral presentations at the 2022 EHA Annual Congress
Janssen Presents Initial Results from the Phase 2 RAGNAR Study of BALVERSA® (erdafitinib) in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors with FGFR Alterations
Data from RAGNAR, the largest tumor-agnostic study reported for a targeted therapy and the first to evaluate FGFR-driven malignancies, featured in oral presentation at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting
Updated Data for Janssen’s Bispecific Teclistamab Suggest Continued Deep and Durable Responses in the Treatment of Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
New teclistamab data presented at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting report longer follow-up from Phase 1/2 MajesTEC-1 study evaluating the BCMAxCD3 bispecific antibody, including progression-free survival and subgroup analyses Data from MajesTEC-1 study published in The New England Journal of Medicine
Longer-term Data from CARTITUDE-1 Study Demonstrate Continued Deep and Durable Responses to CARVYKTI™ (ciltacabtagene autoleucel) in Heavily Pretreated Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
At nearly 28 months of median follow-up, median progression-free survival and overall survival were not yet reached Data presented at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting and published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology
Phase 3 SHINE Results Show IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib)-Based Combination Regimen Significantly Reduced the Risk of Disease Progression or Death in Older Patients with Newly Diagnosed Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Primary results from the first frontline Phase 3 study of a Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor in MCL to be presented as late-breaking data at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting and also published in The New England Journal of Medicine
Janssen to Highlight Science, Innovation and Advances in Robust Oncology Portfolio and Pipeline Through More Than 60 Data Presentations at ASCO and EHA
Studies spanning industry-leading hematologic malignancies portfolio and pipeline with new research in solid tumor therapies to highlight precision medicine and targeted therapy strategies
European Commission Grants Conditional Approval of CARVYKTI® (Ciltacabtagene Autoleucel), Janssen’s First Cell Therapy, for the Treatment of Patients with Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma
In the pivotal clinical study CARTITUDE-1, 98 percent of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma responded to a one-time treatment with ciltacabtagene autoleucel and 80 percent of patients who responded experienced a stringent complete response [1]
MPAACT Consortium Unites Industry and Academia to Establish Measurable Residual Disease as a Surrogate Endpoint in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Drug Development
Validated Measurable Residual Disease Assays are Critical for the Rapid Development of Future Novel Therapeutics for Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia
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