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CAR-T race heads to Europe as Gilead, Novartis drugs score CHMP backing
fiercepharma
July 02, 2018
Months after Novartis and Gilead Sciences won their CAR-T approvals in the U.S., the companies have scored CHMP recommendations for Kymriah and Yescarta in Europe.
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FDA hits Ziopharm CAR-T trial with clinical hold
fiercebiotech
June 25, 2018
Until recently, Ziopharm’s top priority was to get inducible adenoviral vector Ad-RTS-hIL-12 into a pivotal brain cancer trial.
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IPO bonanza continues with $150M listing for CAR-T player Autolus
fiercebiotech
June 25, 2018
Biotech IPOs continue to come thick and fast this week, with U.K. T-cell therapy specialist Autolus the latest to list with an impressive $150 million raise.
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FDA places hold on Ziopharm CAR-T trial
pharmafile
June 22, 2018
CAR-T is emerging as one of the most potentially exciting therapies in the industry, particularly as a beacon for the collective push towards personalised treatment, so it is unsurprising that many small biotechs are currently pursuing treatments within t
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Could an old Amgen-developed RA drug make CAR-T treatments safer?
fiercebiotech
June 11, 2018
The personalized CAR-T cells that are FDA-approved to treat blood cancers, Gilead’s Yescarta and Novartis’s Kymriah, can raise the risk of a side effect that has been challenging to prevent and treat: cytokine release syndrome (CRS).
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LUYE pharma Joins US Firm to Develop Immuno-oncology Treatments
biospectrumasia
May 30, 2018
The most advanced next generation dual-targeted CAR-T cell therapy drug derived from the Collaboration is in the IND enabling preclinical study stage
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Novartis' CAR-T therapy gets second FDA approval
pharmatimes
May 03, 2018
The FDA has approved Novartis' CAR-T therapy Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) for intravenous infusion for its second indication - the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory (r/r) large B-cell lymphoma ...
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With hepatitis C in freefall, Gilead's bottoming out. The good news? It's bottoming out
fiercebiotech
May 03, 2018
Gilead Sciences may have some exciting prospects on the horizon, but for now, its cash-cow hepatitis C business is a big drag. After hepatitis C sales cratered in the first quarter—falling even more than expected...
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Watch out, Gilead—Novartis got the FDA nod it needs to steal your CAR-T market
fiercepharma
May 03, 2018
Novartis won a second FDA approval last night for its CAR-T cancer treatment, Kymriah, potentially expanding the market for a product that has disappointed analysts .
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Refuge Biotech scores $25M from Chinese backers for 'intelligent' CAR-T
fiercebiotech
May 03, 2018
3SBio and Sequioa China led Refuge Biotechnologies' $25 million series B, which will advance the Bay Area biotech's dead Cas9-based cell therapies.