Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company Release: Presentations Highlight Results of Studies with MLN9708, First Oral Proteasome Inhibitor in Early Stage Clinical Trials in Multiple Myeloma

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company with its parent company Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502) today reported Phase I and Phase I/II results from three studies evaluating the safety, tolerability and dosing of MLN9708, the first oral proteasome inhibitor in clinical trials. The studies evaluated once or twice weekly oral dosing of MLN9708, alone or in combination, in patients with relapsed and/or refractory or previously untreated multiple myeloma (MM). These data were announced during a series of oral presentations at the 53rd annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), held December 10th – 13th in San Diego, California.