** Shares of drug developer Cullinan Oncology CGEM.O rise
2.1% to $18.85 in morning trade
** Company says the U.S. FDA has given it clearance to start
trials on its experimental cancer therapy for multiple myeloma
** Multiple myeloma is a form of blood cancer that affects a
type of white blood cells called plasma cells, found in bone
marrow
** The therapy, CLN-619, has already been cleared for
clinical trials in solid tumors
** Stock up 67% in the last 12 months
(Reporting by Puyaan Singh)
((Puyaan.Singh@thomsonreuters.com;))