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oncology

Multiple Myeloma

Is the science moving here?

Publications up +28.2% as of 2026-03 provisional settling

Advocacy: International Myeloma Foundation

Publications: 225 in 2026-03. +28.2% share of all MeSH-indexed PubMed records vs the same month last year (179 in 2025-03).
PublicationsPubMed
2252026-03
+28.2% share of all MeSH-indexed PubMed records vs same month last year (179 in 2025-03) provisional settling
0.20% share

The most recent PubMed months are still being indexed. This number will change as they settle.

Counts PubMed records indexed under this disease's MeSH heading, by the month each record was published, as a share of all MeSH-indexed PubMed records that month. MeSH indexing lags about 5 months behind publication; the newest months are still filling in.
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Clinical trials: 21 in 2026-08. +5.0% vs the same month last year (20 in 2025-08).
Clinical trialsClinicalTrials.gov
212026-08
+5.0% vs same month last year (20 in 2025-08)
Counts clinical trials newly registered on ClinicalTrials.gov, by the date each registration was first posted. Scope is global, with no country filter.
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NIH grants: 56 in 2026-08. No percentage shown. No percentage shown: fewer than 24 months on record. The count is ranked in the history held. NIH grants: latest count 56 is in the 83rd percentile, running high, versus 15-mo window (2025 to 2026) (provisional, short baseline).
NIH grantsNIH RePORTER
562026-08
83rd percentilerunning high, versus 15-mo window (2025 to 2026)short history
Counts NIH awards whose award notice is dated in the month, from NIH RePORTER, matched on the project text. Awards cluster at the end of the federal fiscal year. Scope is the United States. No investigator or contact data is collected.
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Patents: 61 in 2026-08. No percentage shown. No percentage shown: fewer than 24 months on record. The count is ranked in the history held. Patents: latest count 61 is in the 87th percentile, running high, versus 15-mo window (2025 to 2026) (provisional, short baseline).
PatentsPatentsView / USPTO
612026-08
87th percentilerunning high, versus 15-mo window (2025 to 2026)short history
Counts US pre-grant patent applications in the CPC classes mapped to this disease, by the date each application was published, as a share of all US pre-grant applications published that month. A publication reflects a filing about 18 months earlier. The CPC classes are broader than a single disease.
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Preprints: 7 in 2026-08. No percentage shown. No percentage shown: both months are under 15 records. The count is ranked in its own history instead. Preprints: latest count 7 is in the 53rd percentile, in its typical range, versus 15-mo window (2025 to 2026) (provisional, short baseline).
PreprintsmedRxiv / bioRxiv
72026-08
53rd percentilein its typical range, versus 15-mo window (2025 to 2026)low volume
Counts new medRxiv and bioRxiv preprints whose title or abstract matches this disease, by posting date, deduplicated across the two servers. History starts at each server's first paper, 2013 for bioRxiv and 2019 for medRxiv. Scope is global. The only author detail kept is the corresponding author's institution.
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How unusual is this?

Each signal's latest reading ranked against this disease's own history
Publications
Publications: latest count 225 is in the 86th percentile, running high, versus 320 months since 2000.
Clinical trials
Clinical trials: latest count 21 is in the 90th percentile, near its historical high, versus 313 months since 2000.
NIH grantsprovisional
NIH grants: latest count 56 is in the 83rd percentile, running high, versus 15-mo window (2025 to 2026) (provisional, short baseline).
Patentsprovisional
Patents: latest count 61 is in the 87th percentile, running high, versus 15-mo window (2025 to 2026) (provisional, short baseline).
Preprintsprovisional
Preprints: latest count 7 is in the 53rd percentile, in its typical range, versus 15-mo window (2025 to 2026) (provisional, short baseline).

Publications and Clinical trials are ranked against every month since 2000. NIH grants, Patents and Preprints are ranked against the 15 months we hold and are marked provisional until the full history is loaded.

Recent history

All five signals on a shared 2025 to 2026 window, scoped to the youngest source so each reads at a comparable scale
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Plot scoped to 2025 to 2026. True monthly spans by source: Publications 2000 to 2026 · 320 mo; Clinical trials 2000 to 2026 · 313 mo; NIH grants 2025 to 2026 · 15 mo; Patents 2025 to 2026 · 15 mo; Preprints 2025 to 2026 · 15 mo.
Publications2000 to 2026 · 320 mopeak 377/mo
Clinical trials2000 to 2026 · 313 mopeak 69/mo
NIH grants2025 to 2026 · 15 mobackfill pendingpeak 75/mo
Patents2025 to 2026 · 15 mobackfill pendingpeak 76/mo
Preprints2025 to 2026 · 15 mobackfill pendingpeak 10/mo

Plotted for 2025 to 2026. All five lines share one scale. Row labels show the full span.

Who's driving this

Top organizations behind each signal
Publications
Author institutions · 2023-07..2026-06
11% of works have an industry affiliation
  1. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center224
  2. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute205
  3. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens187
  4. Mayo Clinic in Arizona182
  5. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center148
Clinical trials
Lead sponsors · 2023-09..2026-08
29% industry-led in 2026-08
  1. Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, ChinaAcademic/other28
  2. National Cancer Institute (NCI)NIH24
  3. GlaxoSmithKlineIndustry15
  4. Janssen Research & Development, LLCIndustry13
  5. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterAcademic/other12
NIH grants
Funded institutions · 2025-06..2026-08
493 awards in window
  1. DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTMA · $25M · P01/R0135
  2. MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTERMN · $11.2M · P30/R0125
  3. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYMO · $14.1M · R01/U2C23
  4. FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTERWA · $21.6M · P01/R0122
  5. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAPA · $20.1M · P01/R0118
Patents
Applicants · 2025-06..2026-08
  1. Janssen Biotech, Inc.18
  2. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.17
  3. The Regents of the University of California10
  4. BioNTech SE8
  5. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.8
Preprints
Corresponding institutions · 2025-06..2026-08
  1. University of Pennsylvania3
  2. Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH2
  3. City of Hope2
  4. Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore2
  5. GSK, Stevenage, UK SG1 2NY2
Recent trials, filings & preprints

Clinical trials

Organizations only. No person data.

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How we map "Multiple Myeloma"

We used the following search terms for our data.

Publications (PubMed MeSH)"Multiple Myeloma"[MeSH Terms] (exploded), counted on the month's [dp] range; heading verified live 2026-09-10
Author institutions (OpenAlex)topic T10649; search 'multiple myeloma'
Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov)ConditionSearch: multiple myeloma OR plasma cell myeloma
NIH grants (RePORTER)advanced_text_search: multiple myeloma
Patents (CPC)A61K39/0011, C07K16/2896 (US pre-grant applications by earliest publication date, USPTO ODP)
Preprints (medRxiv)title/abstract match across medRxiv + bioRxiv: myeloma

Data refreshed 2026-09-11.