ASH 2015: First-In-Class Myeloma Highlights
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
A number of first-in-class products for acute myeloid leukemia and multiple myeloma provided clinical updates during the American Society for Hematology's (ASH) annual meeting, held Dec. 4-8 in Orlando, Florida.
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