OREANDA-NEWS. November 02, 2015. Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE: 4502) announced that it will highlight the ixazomib clinical development program during multiple poster sessions at the upcoming 15th International Myeloma Workshop (IMW 2015) to be held in Rome, Italy.

“IMW presents an important opportunity for the multiple myeloma community to come together,” said Dixie-Lee Esseltine, MD, FRCPC, Vice President, Oncology Therapeutic Area Unit, Takeda. “Ixazomib’s TOURMALINE program, which we anticipate will have over 3,000 patients when fully enrolled, is the embodiment of Takeda’s commitment to addressing the unmet needs in multiple myeloma, and now contains a pivotal trial in every major segment of this patient population. We look forward to presenting an overview of this program at IMW and engaging with our partners in the fight against multiple myeloma.”

Ixazomib is currently under review with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of patients with relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma, and has been granted accelerated assessment and priority review, respectively. The regulatory submissions are based on the results of the first pre-specified interim analysis of the pivotal Phase 3 trial TOURMALINE-MM1, an international, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled clinical trial of 722 patients designed to evaluate the superiority of once-a-week oral ixazomib plus lenalidomide and dexamethasone over placebo plus lenalidomide and dexamethasone in adult patients with relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma. Additional filings in other countries are planned to begin this year. Ixazomib is the first oral proteasome inhibitor in late stage clinical development for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma.