Silas Inman, Senior Vice President, Content, joined MJH Life Sciences™ in early 2011 as one of the company's first web editors. In this position, he built OncLive.com from a fledgling web platform to a leading source of oncology news for community oncologists via in-depth reporting of breaking news from major medical conferences and the launch of OncLive® TV.
Throughout his tenure at MJH, Silas has been accountable for several organic launches of highly successful brands and for quickly transforming acquisitions into high-functioning business units. Prior to joining MJH, Silas, who attended Eastern Michigan University, was an EMT, frontend web developer, and social media/SEO expert. Follow him on Twitter @SilasInman or email him at sinman@mjhlifesciences.com
Zanubrutinib Outperforms Ibrutinib in Head-to-Head Trial for Relapsed/Refractory CLL/SLL
January 11th 2023Zanubrutinib demonstrated a superior reduction in the risk of progression or death for patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma compared with ibrutinib.
Second-Line Liso-Cel Continues to Improve Event-Free Survival in Large B-Cell Lymphoma
December 25th 2022In the second line setting, lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel; Breyanzi) significantly reduced the risk of an event for patients with high-risk relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma, compared with standard-of-care chemoimmunotherapy induction.
5-Year Follow-Up Shows Neoadjuvant T-VEC Benefit in Patients with Resectable Melanoma
September 13th 2022The relapse-free survival rate was 22.3% among patients with resectable stage IIIB to IV M1a melanoma who received neoadjuvant talimogene laherparepvec versus 15.2% among those who received surgery alone.
Drug Development May Speed Up Thanks to New Research Methods
July 26th 2019Optimizing the methods for preclinical research with an emphasis on patient-derived models, may help speed up the translation of new treatment advances from the laboratory to the clinic, according to a presentation by Charles M. Rudin, MD, PhD, at the 2019 International Lung Cancer Congress.
Next-Generation BCMA CAR T-cell Therapy Effective for Heavily Pretreated Myeloma
January 1st 2019The anti-BCMA CAR T-cell therapy bb21217 demonstrated an objective response rate of 83.3%, with a very good partial response or better rate of 75% in patients with heavily pretreated relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, according to initial results from a phase I study presented at the 2018 ASH Annual Meeting.
FDA Approves Moxetumomab Pasudotox for Hairy Cell Leukemia
September 14th 2018The FDA has approved the CD22-directed recombinant immunotoxin moxetumomab pasudotox (Lumoxiti) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory hairy cell leukemia (HCL) who have received at least 2 prior lines of therapy, including treatment with a purine nucleoside analog.
Liso-Cel Shows Promise in High-Risk Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
June 7th 2018A promising CD19-directed chimeric antigen (CAR) T-cell therapy, Lisocabtagene maraleucel (JCAR017; liso-cel), may result in durable remissions among patients with high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), the most common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
FDA Approves Daratumumab/VMP for First-Line Treatment of Multiple Myeloma
May 8th 2018The FDA has approved the monoclonal antibody daratumumab (Darzalex), in combination with bortezomib (Velcade), melphalan, and prednisone (VMP) for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant.