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Cellular Biomedicine Group Enters Into Strategic Licensing and Collaboration Agreement with a Global Leader in CAR-T Cell Therapy for Patients in China
pharmafocusasia
September 29, 2018
Cellular Biomedicine Group Inc today announced it has entered into a strategic licensing and collaboration agreement with Novartis to manufacture and supply the CAR-T cell therapy Kymriah® (tisagenlecleucel) in China. Novartis will be the exclusive holder
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Johnson & Johnson CAR-T partner GenScript yo-yos on fake data allegations
fiercebiotech
September 29, 2018
Hong Kong, S.A.R., China biotech GenScript has had a turbulent 48 hours, with its shares plummeting yesterday on allegations of data falsification in a CAR-T program, only to rebound after it strongly denied the claims.
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NICE rejects CAR-T therapy Kymriah for DLBCL in adults
pharmafile
September 20, 2018
The National Institute for health and Care Excellence (NICE) has rejected Novartis’ CAR-T therapy Kymriah for use in adults with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
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5 months after launch, Allogene guns for $100M IPO
fiercebiotech
September 18, 2018
Allogene licensed its allogeneic CAR-T pipeline from Cellectis by way of Pfizer.
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Allogene raises another $120M for off-the-shelf CAR-T programs
fiercebiotech
September 07, 2018
Round adds to $300M in startup funding for Allogene (Pixabay/Quincemedia)
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IsoPlexis expands in APAC, inks deal with Tekon Biotech
biospectrumasia
August 23, 2018
The deal will help the comapny distribute its products in China
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CAR-T player Cellectis poaches Stefan Scherer from Novartis
fiercebiotech
August 06, 2018
Cellectis has named Stefan Scherer, M.D., Ph.D., as its SVP of clinical development. Scherer joins the off-the-shelf CAR-T pioneer from Novartis, where he headed up U.S. oncology early development and strategy.
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Novartis runs into Kymriah production glitch in new DLBCL indication
fiercepharma
July 19, 2018
Novartis, whose personalized CAR-T cancer treatment Kymriah won an approval in May to treat relapsed large B-cell lymphoma, said today it has run into some manufacturing issues around that condition.
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CHMP recommends Novartis' CAR-T therapy Kymriah for EU approval
pharmafile
July 06, 2018
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approve Novartis’ CAR-T therapy Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel, formerly CTL019).
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CAR-T therapies leap towards EU approval
pharmatimes
July 03, 2018
The stage has been set for approval of the first chimeric antigen T-cell therapies (CAR-T) in Europe, after Novartis’ Kymriah and Gilead’s Yescarta both won backing from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP).