Enrique Ocio, MD, PhD, from the University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, highlights how targeting BCL2 and MCL1 provide an important thereapeutic strategy for multiple myeloma (MM). Dr Ocio discusses the overexpression of MCL1 in myeloma cells and its implications for treatment. This interview took place at the European School of Haematology (ESH) International Conference on MM 2018, held in Mandelieu, France.