Following the news announcing that Amgen’s (AMGN) drug KYPROLIS® (carfilzomib) extended the lives of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma in combination with lenalidomide + dexamethasone, we got news from a small company called Karyopharm Therapeutics (KPTI) announcing positive news from a trial with its product selinexor in multiple myeloma.

The news announced that Karyopharm’s oral selective inhibitor of nuclear export (SINE) compound selinexor demonstrated positive results from the Phase 2b STORM study evaluating it in heavily pre-treated patients with penta-refractory multiple myeloma.

Penta-refractory . . .