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Lymphoma patients to benefit from new cancer therapy
5 August 2021 - Australians suffering from a rare type of blood cancer will now have access to a highly specialised ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2021
New CAR T-cell therapy option now available in Australia for patients with aggressive blood cancer
5 August 2021 - Eligible patients can now access Yescarta through Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne and Royal Brisbane and Women’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jul 2021
bluebird bio receives EC approval for Skysona (elivaldogene autotemcel, Lenti-D) gene therapy for patients less than 18 years of age with early cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy without matched sibling donor
21 July 2021 - Skysona is the first and only gene therapy approved in the European Union to treat early CALD. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jul 2021
Leukaemia patients demand reimbursement for Novartis’ Kymriah
12 July 2021 - Korean leukaemia patients have urged the government to provide rapid reimbursement of Kymriah, the first CAR-T ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jul 2021
NICE publishes draft guidance on the use of Libmeldy
9 July 2021 - OTL-200 (Libmeldy) is a gene therapy medicinal product that expresses the human ARSA gene. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jun 2021
Allogene Therapeutics granted FDA fast track designation for ALLO-605, the first TurboCAR T Cell therapy, for the treatment of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma
30 June 2021 - TurboCAR technology provides selective, programmable cytokine signaling designed to improve function and potency of AlloCAR T cells. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jun 2021
Bristol Myers Squibb receives positive CHMP opinion for anti-BCMA CAR T cell therapy Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel) for relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma
25 June 2021 - Recommendation for approval based on results from pivotal KarMMa study. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jun 2021
China's first CAR-T cell therapy approved Fosun Kite axicabtagene ciloleucel (FKC876)
24 June 2021 - The first CAR-T cell therapy approved by NMPA: opening a new era of cell therapy in China. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2021
FDA approves StrataGraft for the treatment of adults with thermal burns
15 June 2021 - Today, the U.S. FDA approved StrataGraft for the treatment of adult patients with thermal burns containing intact ...
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 27 May 2021
Ireland an outlier without access to new cell and gene therapy, report says
27 May 2021 - Upfront costs high but treatments may cut long-term expense and boost patient results. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2021
U.S. Food and Drug Administration grants BCMA CAR-T cilta-cel priority review for the treatment for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma
26 May 2021 - Legend Biotech has announced that the U.S. FDA has accepted for priority review the biologics license application ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2021
MSAC publishes agenda for upcoming ESC meeting
14 May 2021 - The MSAC Secretariat has published a list of the applications scheduled to be considered at the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 May 2021
ICER publishes final evidence report and policy recommendations on therapies for multiple myeloma
11 May 2021 - Independent appraisal committee unanimously determined the evidence is adequate to demonstrate that CAR-T treatments ide-cel and cilta-cel ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 May 2021
Legend Biotech announces submission of European marketing authorisation application for BCMA CAR-T therapy ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel) for the treatment of relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma
30 April 2021 - Submission follows accelerated assessment granted by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European ...