‘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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The investigators hope that their new approach could lead to large-scale manufacturing of the CAR T cells for blood cancer patients.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The first non-CAR-T adoptive cell therapy to reach the market has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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.
Investment in the US manufacturing facility will accelerate AstraZeneca’s ambition to make next-generation cell therapy a reality, the company asserts.
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.
Major findings from a Phase III trial show that using immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab post-surgery extended survival and delayed disease recurrence in kidney cancer.
Data from the Phase I trial showed that the cancer vaccine offered an 86 percent reduction in the risk of relapse or death in pancreatic and colorectal cancers.
Research suggests that giving prophylactic treatment prior to immunotherapy could eliminate the need for the latter to be administered in hospitals.
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.
Driven by technological advances there is now increased scope for point-of-care manufacturing of CAR T-cell therapy. Arnon Nagler, Professor of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, discusses key benefits, challenges and lessons learned from developing an in-house programme.
A new 24-hour sterility testing method combining nanopore sequencing and machine learning could revolutionise sterility assurance in biopharmaceutical manufacturing of cell therapies.