Hackensack Meridian Health officially opened its Institute for Multiple Myeloma on Monday evening at the site that was once the Hoffmann-La Roche campus. Not only will the institute support groundbreaking research to enhance treatment of a rare cancer, it is also the first of a three institutes at the Nutley-Clifton campus that will encompass the Hackensack Meridian’s Center for Discovery and Innovation. It is hoped that this effort will provide the spark to make it a hub for research in the medical field and create hundreds of scientific jobs for North Jerseyans.