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Bristol Myers Squibb receives positive CHMP opinion for CAR T cell therapy Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel) for relapsed or refractory DLBCL, PMBCL and FL3B
28 January 2022 - Recommendation for approval based on results from TRANSCEND NHL 001, the largest pivotal trial of patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2022
Bristol Myers Squibb receives approval for Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel), the first CAR T therapy approved for the treatment of multiple myeloma in Japan
20 January 2022 - Bristol-Myers Squibb today announced that Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved Abecma (idecabtagene ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jan 2022
Celularity receives fast track designation from U.S. FDA for its NK cell therapy CYNK-101 in development for the first-line treatment of advanced HER2/neu positive gastric and gastro-oesophageal junction cancers
18 January 2022 - CYNK-101 is an investigational genetically modified natural killer cell therapy designed to synergise with antibody therapeutics for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jan 2022
$421,000 cancer drug Kymriah becomes eligible for reimbursement
14 January 2022 - Novartis’ breakthrough cancer treatment Kymriah (ingredient: tisagenlecleucel), which costs over 500 million won (US$421,000), has become ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jan 2022
CBMG receives FDA regenerative medicine advanced therapy and fast track designations for bi-Specific anti-CD19/CD20 CAR-T cell therapy for relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma
12 January 2022 - Cellular Biomedicine Group today announced that the FDA granted C-CAR039, a novel autologous bi-specific CAR-T therapy targeting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jan 2022
CARsgen announces CT041 CAR T-cell product candidate granted RMAT designation by the FDA
10 January 2022 - CARsgen Therapeutics today announced that the US FDA granted regenerative medicine advanced therapy designation to CT041 for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Dec 2021
Celularity receives fast track designation from U.S. FDA for its NK cell therapy CYNK-001 in development for the treatment of AML
27 December 2021 - Celularity today announced the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation for its non-genetically modified cryopreserved human ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Dec 2021
Lion TCR receives FDA fast track designation for its HBV specific TCR T cell therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma
23 December 2021 - Lion TCR today announced that it has received fast track designation from U.S. FDA for LioCyx-M004, autologous ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Dec 2021
EU regulation passed: G-BA works on European HTA assessment
14 December 2021 - Today the EU Parliament passed the EU-HTA regulation for a joint health technology assessment, which includes, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Dec 2021
EMA validates Atara Biotherapeutics' marketing authorisation application for tabelecleucel for the treatment of Epstein-Barr virus positive post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease
30 November 2021 - First ever off the shelf allogeneic T-cell therapy to be reviewed by any regulatory agency in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Nov 2021
U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves Longeveron’s Lomecel-B for rare paediatric disease designation to treat life-threatening infant heart condition
18 November 2021 - Phase 2 clinical trial underway for hypoplastic left heart syndrome, which affects approximately 1,000 babies per ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Nov 2021
MSAC publishes agenda for upcoming meeting
24 November 2021 - 10 agenda items for consideration at the 31 March - 1 April 2022 meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Nov 2021
CARsgen announces CAR T-cell product candidate CT041 granted PRIME eligibility by the EMA
15 November 2021 - CARsgen Therapeutics today announced that the EMA has granted Priority Medicines (PRIME) eligibility to CT041 for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Nov 2021
Janssen announces extension of U.S. FDA BLA PDUFA date for BCMA CAR-T ciltacabtagene autoleucel
1 November 2021 - Janssen announced today the U.S. FDA has extended the Prescription Drug User Fee Act date to ...
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 ...