Bris­tol My­ers and 2sev­en­ty win la­bel ex­pan­sion for Abec­ma in ear­li­er mul­ti­ple myelo­ma

Bris­tol My­ers Squibb and 2sev­en­ty bio’s CAR-T ther­a­py Abec­ma will now be avail­able to ear­li­er-stage mul­ti­ple myelo­ma pa­tients.

The drug, al­so known as ide-cel, won FDA ap­proval on Thurs­day in the third-line set­ting. BMS has tout­ed the in­di­ca­tion as an im­por­tant shift from the fifth-line set­ting, as many mul­ti­ple myelo­ma pa­tients even­tu­al­ly re­lapse or de­vel­op re­sis­tance to oth­er avail­able treat­ments.

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