New technology could enhance CAR T therapy manufacture
The innovative device could improve CAR T cell cancer immunotherapy and facilitate its use as a first-line therapy, research suggests.
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The innovative device could improve CAR T cell cancer immunotherapy and facilitate its use as a first-line therapy, research suggests.
The novel cell therapy utilises a shortened manufacturing process compared to standard production timelines, offering potential for enhanced therapeutic capability.
The proposed acquisition, worth nearly $300 million, could help to advance cell therapy in the oncology field.
The cell therapy could increase survival in certain lymphomas without requiring patients to undertake subsequent therapy, the new analysis suggests.
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.
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.
Bristol Myers Squibb has signed a worldwide capacity reservation and supply agreement with Cellares for CAR T-cell therapy manufacturing.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.