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First real-world study reveals encouraging efficacy for cell therapy
More than half of the multiple myeloma patients included in this study would have been ineligible for the Phase II CARTITUDE-1 clinical trial, research reports.
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‘Accidental’ media switch leads to CAR T therapy discovery
The investigators hope that their new approach could lead to large-scale manufacturing of the CAR T cells for blood cancer patients.
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Advancing targeted treatments for multiple myeloma
Edmond Chan, Senior Director, EMEA Therapeutic Area Lead, Haemato-Oncology, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines, offers insight into the promising evidence of cell therapies and biologic-based treatments for patients with multiple myeloma.
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Progressing personalised cell therapies in oncology
Dr Imran Khan, PhD, Vice President, Medical Affairs, Hematology, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine discusses the major benefits and current challenges of CAR-T cell therapies, as well as the potential of the company’s novel BCMA-targeted treatment for multiple myeloma.
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BMS inks CAR T cell therapy manufacturing deal with Cellares
Bristol Myers Squibb has signed a worldwide capacity reservation and supply agreement with Cellares for CAR T-cell therapy manufacturing.
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Innovative personalised immunotherapy approved for multiple myeloma
Approval of the cell therapy by the US FDA could provide a treatment-free respite as early as first relapse for patients with multiple myeloma.
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CHMP meeting highlights: February 2024
Ten new medicines, including a new oligonucleotide therapy for ALS, were recommended for approval at the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP)’s recent meeting.
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BioNTech agrees collaboration to accelerate autologous CAR-T therapies
The collaboration between BioNTech SE and Autolus Therapeutics utilises manufacturing and commercial infrastructure, supporting a shared goal of advancing autologous CAR-T programmes towards potential market authorisation.
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BCMA CAR T therapy facilitates potential autoimmune breakthrough
First use of a BCMA CAR T-cell therapy for immune-mediated necrotising myopathy (IMNM), enabled sustained depletion of autoantibodies beyond 18 months, a study shows.
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Long-term findings from CAR NK cell therapy trial revealed
One-year results from a cancer therapy trial has reported key findings for the selection criteria for allogeneic cord blood donors in CAR NK cell manufacturing.
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AstraZeneca to advance haematology cell therapy
The new acquisition grants AstraZeneca rights to a new CAR-T cell therapy with a differentiated manufacturing process that could provide a potential best-in-class blood cancer treatment.
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Year in review: EPR’s top stories of 2023
EPR wraps up the year with a selection of top stories from 2023, highlighting key trends and topics such as environmental monitoring (EM), quality (QA/QC), manufacturing, regulation and clinical development.
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Could centrifugal bioreactor accelerate cell-therapy manufacturing?
Researchers from Washington State University have developed a centrifugal bioreactor, which they claim can manufacture T cells 30 percent faster than current technologies.
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CAR T therapy exhibits encouraging proficiency in R/R LBCL
The first study assessing Yescarta® as second-line therapy for transplant ineligible relapsed/refractory (R/R) large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) demonstrated durable remission rate in a Phase II trial.
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How breakthrough CAR-T cancer therapies could be made more widely accessible
The development and regulatory approval of the first autologous CAR T-cell therapies is a huge advance for modern medicine and has been greeted with justifiable excitement. But applications of this technology are still limited, and given the time and cost constraints, more must be done to broaden access to this treatment. Current…
