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Abecma Clears Japan Panel Review for 3rd Line MM Use
A key Japanese health ministry panel on November 6 gave the blessing for the label expansion of Bristol Myers Squibb’s CAR-T cell therapy Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel) for the third-line treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (MM). The nod was…
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