CAR-T

BioNTech’s CAR-T/CARVac Combo: Potent but Toxic (ESMO 2023)

BioNTech’s CAR-T/CARVac Combo Shows High Response Rates in Solid Tumors, But Also Higher Toxicity (ESMO 2023)

Anika Sharma

ESMO 2023: LBA35 BioNTech’s innovative manufacturing process for CAR-T therapy, BNT211, has shown promising results in treating solid tumors. While ...

Sana slashes staff and drops in vivo CAR-T program to cut costs

Sana slashes staff and drops in vivo CAR-T program to cut costs

Anika Sharma

Sana Biotechnology, amid challenging stock performance, is undergoing its second significant restructuring in less than a year. This move involves ...

BMS invests more in Cellares to boost cell therapy manufacturing

BMS invests more in Cellares to boost cell therapy manufacturing

Anika Sharma

Just six weeks following the initial announcement of a partnership between cell and gene therapy manufacturer Cellares and Bristol Myers ...

AbbVie drops Caribou’s CRISPR-edited CAR-T therapies after failed trials

AbbVie drops Caribou’s CRISPR-edited CAR-T therapies after failed trials

Anika Sharma

AbbVie has chosen to end its partnership with Caribou Biosciences, signaling a significant shift in its strategic focus. This decision ...

Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals, Cell & Gene Therapy, clinical hold, CAR-T

Hemogenyx clears FDA hurdle for its novel CAR-T therapy for AML

Anika Sharma

Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals has moved a step closer to advancing its CAR-T therapy, HEMO-CAR-T, into clinical trials following the FDA’s acceptance ...

Sana Biotechnology, Layoff, CAR-T, Job Cuts, Sana Layoff, Sana Job Cuts

Sana cuts jobs in research area, keeps mum on numbers and programs

Anika Sharma

Sana Biotechnology, a company with a focus on CAR-T therapies, has discreetly carried out another round of layoffs, declining to ...

Cellares, Bristol Myers Squibb, CAR-T, CDMOs, Contract development and manufacturing organizations

Cellares Announces $255M Investment Round with Bristol Myers Squibb Among Key Investors

Anika Sharma

Cellares, a pioneering cell therapy manufacturer based in South San Francisco, has introduced a unique concept in the industry with ...

Poseida Therapeutics Lands $50M Investment from Astellas Pharma

Astellas Buys $50M Stake in Poseida, Boosting Gene Therapy Pipeline

SG Tylor

Source – Poseida Therapeutics Japanese pharmaceutical company Astellas is making a strategic move by investing $50 million to acquire an ...

Kite Successfully Transfers Marketing Authorization for Yescarta CAR T-cell Therapy in Japan

Kite Successfully Transfers Marketing Authorization for Yescarta CAR T-cell Therapy in Japan

SG Tylor

Source – Gilead Sciences According to Kite Pharma on June 22, 2023, the marketing authorization for Yescarta, a chimeric antigen ...

Trial of 2seventy Bio's AML cell treatment was put on hold following a death

Trial of 2seventy Bio’s AML cell treatment was put on hold following a death

SG Tylor

Source – 2seventy bio On June 14, 2023, as a result of Seattle Children’s Therapeutics pausing a clinical study of ...