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Pomalidomide Draws Responses After Earlier IMiDs Lose Efficacy in Multiple Myeloma
Pomalidomide Draws Responses After Earlier IMiDs Lose Efficacy in Multiple Myeloma
JS MacNeil
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2010 Jan 14
Elsevier Global Medical News
Pomalidomide Draws Responses After Earlier IMiDs Lose Efficacy in Multiple Myeloma
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Jan 14, JS MacNeil
NEW OREANS (EGMN) - Pomalidomide, a novel third-generation immunomodulatory agent in early trials, is drawing responses in patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma that has progressed when treated with its predecessors, lenalidomide and thalidomide."Structurally, it is very similar to lenalidomide and thalidomide, but small differences in structure mean very important differences in terms of side effect profile, efficacy, and potency," Dr. Martha Q. Lacy of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,...