FDA Grants Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Approval of Evomela (melphalan) for Injection

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals,  a biotechnology company with fully integrated commercial and drug development operations with a primary focus in Hematology and Oncology, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval of Evomela for use in two indications: 1) use as a high-dose conditioning treatment prior to hematopoietic progenitor (stem) cell transplantation (ASCT) in patients with multiple myeloma (MM), and 2) for the palliative treatment of patients with MM for whom oral therapy is not appropriate. This is the first product to be FDA-approved for the high-dose conditioning indication in MM.

 

FDA Grants Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Approval of Evomela (melphalan) for Injection