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CONFERENCE ROUNDUP
The MMRF has been active in key myeloma research conferences.
Here’s a quick summary of the latest happenings.
Advances in Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Testing in Myeloma Meeting, June
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o speed FDA approval of MRD testing as an indicator of treatment efficacy, the MMRF
helped to organize a meeting in conjunction with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
to facilitate collaboration between clinicians, the FDA, the National Cancer Institute, and
members of the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. “I feel we are getting closer and closer
to make MRD an end point for myeloma drug approval,” said Dr Ola Landgren. To learn more
about MRD, please see pages 8 and 9 of this issue.
For more information about the meeting, visit themmrf.org/mrd.
C. Ola Landgren, MD, PhD, Chief, Myeloma Service,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Big Data in Precision Medicine
Conference, November
November 1 – 2
Washington, D.C.
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xecutives from more than 160 organizations from
16 countries met in Washington, D.C., to discuss
successful strategies relating to sharing and mining
vast data sets generated by precision medicine research,
such as the MMRF CoMMpass Study. Senior Vice President
of Research, Dr Daniel Auclair, represented the MMRF
during an expert panel discussion of data integration in
efforts to deliver on the promise of precision medicine.
58th American Society of Hematology
Annual Meeting, December
T
he world’s largest professional society of clinicians
and scientists working to conquer blood diseases will
meet in San Diego to present the latest hematology
research. As the brightest minds in multiple myeloma
gather for ASH, the MMRF will meet with CoMMpass
collaborators from around the globe to discuss the
exciting CoMMpass results and to share new and ongoing
research efforts to mine the growing CoMMpass data
set for additional insights. To learn more about the data
presented this year, please see pages 4 and 5 of this issue.
For live updates from this year’s meeting, visit
themmrf.org/ASH.
December 3 – 6
San Diego, CA
For more information, visit bigdataleadersforum.com.
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