Immunocore claims first-ever FDA approval for TCR cancer therapy
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JANUARY 26, 2022
Immunocore has secured a piece of biotech industry history, becoming the first company to get an FDA approval for a cancer therapeutic based on T cell receptor (TCR) technology. The US regulator cleared the company’s lead TCR Kimmtrak (tebentafusp; formerly IMCgp100 ) – a bispecific T cell engager (BiTE) that consists of a soluble TCR targeting gp100 expressed on cancer cells fused to a protein that binds CD3 receptors on lymphocytes – as a treatment for unresectable or metastatic uveal me
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