Ide-cel Approved by FDA as Abecma in r/r MM After Four Lines of Previous Therapy
Late yesterday evening, BMS and bluebird bio announced US approval of ide-cel after completing at least 4 lines of prior therapy in r/r MM (BMS press release). The press release states that Abecma is a one-time infusion with a recommended dose range of 300 to 460 x 106 CAR-positive T cells. Of note, Abecma will be manufactured at BMS’s facility in Summit, New Jersey, with a median TAT of 33 days. The Celltelligence team will be conducting a full thoughts-on label review in the coming days (link to Abecma PI here).
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