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Leveraging innate cell engagers for lymphoma treatment

European Pharmaceutical Review

As a result, when the patient’s lymphoma relapses after treatment with chemotherapy, BV and CPIs, there are no effective treatment alternatives for these patients. We received encouraging feedback from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the trial design and potential for accelerated approval. Dr Harstrick received his M.D.

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STAT+: Foundation charges cancer patients $83,000 for unproven but promising experimental drug

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Still, when doctors told her last year that the cancer was growing despite two operations, radiation therapy, and a fifth regimen of chemotherapy, the retired business-meeting facilitator decided to do something unorthodox: spend $83,000 out of pocket on an unproven experimental cancer vaccine.

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Progressing personalised cell therapies in oncology

European Pharmaceutical Review

Last month, CARVYKTI ® (ciltacabtagene autoleucel; cilta-cel) was the first BCMA-targeted CAR-T cell therapy to be approved for second-line treatment of multiple myeloma by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). How has the autologous T-cell immunotherapy field progressed in recent years? References National Cancer Institute.

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Developing point-of-care CAR T manufacturing

European Pharmaceutical Review

Bridging therapy has been shown to correlate with an inferior response to CAR T-cell therapy due to both progression of the chemotherapy-refractory malignant disease during the manufacturing period and increased toxicity. FDA; 2022 [cited 2023 Mar]. References Liu D. 2021;3(S1):6–10. Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.