Days after reporting PhIII failure, GSK pulls BCMA drug from US market — but it's not giving up entirely yet
GSK is pulling its BCMA-targeting drug from the US market, ending a short, two-year run for a high-profile product that, among other things, was hailed for marking the pharma giant’s return to oncology.
The company is initiating the process for withdrawal at the request of the FDA, which in turn was based on the negative readout of a confirmatory Phase III trial earlier this month. In that trial, GSK’s Blenrep failed to extend progression-free survival over standard of care for patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least two prior lines of therapy.
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