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CAR T cell therapy Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel) approved for second-line relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
13 January 2024 - In the pivotal Phase 3 TRANSFORM trial, Breyanzi demonstrated a significant improvement in event-free survival over ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2024
Health Canada authorises Carvykti (ciltacabtagene autoleucel) for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received one to three prior lines of therapy
21 November 2024 - Authorisation is based on results from the Phase 3 CARTITUDE-4 (MMY3002) study, which showed treatment with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2023
Kite's Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel) first CAR T-cell therapy to receive Health Canada authorisation for use in second-line large B-cell lymphoma
23 March 2023 - Landmark ZUMA-7 study demonstrated patients on Yescarta were 2.5 times more likely to be alive at ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Oct 2021
Kite's Tecartus (brexucabtagene autoleucel) authorised by Health Canada for the treatment of relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma
28 October 2021 - Tecartus is first CAR T therapy in mantle cell lymphoma and Kite becomes the first company ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2021
Health Canada approves Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel), the first and only anti-BCMA CAR T cell therapy for relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma
31 May 2021 - Abecma is the first personalised cell therapy available to Canadian patients for the treatment of adults ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Dec 2019
Novartis completes certification of initial sites in Ontario for first approved Canadian CAR-T therapy, Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel)
12 December 2019 - Ontario government to reimburse Kymriah therapy for certain patients with life-threatening cancers who are in critical need. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Feb 2019
Gilead receives approval in Canada for Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel) CAR T therapy for adults with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy
19 February 2019 - Yescarta is a chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy that is custom-made for each patient from his or ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Sep 2018
Novartis receives Health Canada approval of its CAR-T cell therapy, Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel)
6 September 2018 - Novartis is working with qualified treatment centres to prepare for the delivery of this treatment for relapsed/refractory ...