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๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—•๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—œ๐— ๐—•๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š “๐—ก๐—ข๐—ก-๐—œ๐—ก๐—™๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ?”

๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ. ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ: ๐—” ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฉ: ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป? ๐—š๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ’๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ฌ-๐Ÿฎ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—•๐—œ๐—–/๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ก ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ-๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—•๐—œ๐—ž๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐—ฌ, ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜€ […]

A New Anchor in RRMM: Decoding the Practice-Changing MajesTEC-3 Data for Tec-Dara

The MajesTEC-3 results for teclistamab + daratumumab (Tec-Dara)ย in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) aren’t just an incremental gainโ€”they represent a potential paradigm shift. The FDA’s concurrent award of aย priority review voucherย underscores its transformative potential. Let’s break down the data that’s changing the standard of care: ๐Ÿ”ฌ Unprecedented Efficacy in the 1-3 Prior Lines Setting: โ€ขย PFS:ย Hazard Ratio […]

One Drug, Two Paths: Decoding Novartis’s Ianalumab Strategy

Following up on my last post: the key to understanding a drug’s potential isn’t just its mechanismโ€”it’s how the sponsor chooses to prove it. Comparing the ianalumab trials side-by-side reveals a brilliant, bifurcated strategy. Trial Aspect Sjรถgren’s (NEPTUNUS-1) Refractory ITP (Phase 2) Phase Pivotal Phase 3 Signal-seeking Phase 2 Design Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Open-label, Single-Arm […]

Why is the same drug ๐ˆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐› being tested in Sjรถgren’s Syndrome and Immune Thrombocytopenia?

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐  ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ฃรถ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ง’๐ฌ ๐’๐ฒ๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐œ๐ฒ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐š? ๐ˆ’๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ’๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐š๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐› (๐•๐€๐˜๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”) ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฒ๐ž. ๐ˆ๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐š ๐๐€๐…๐…-๐‘ ๐ข๐ง๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ: ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐-๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐-๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ? ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  […]