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What is CAR-T therapy? Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy is a targeted approach to treating cancer that uses a patient’s T cells, which are a type of immune system cell.
Since the first CAR-T therapy approvals in 2017 by the U.S. FDA, CAR-T deal-making has attracted vast sums of money. This article summarizes recent partnerships and deal-making with the CAR-T marketplace. [Read more…]
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., Oct. 22, 2019 — Cesca Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: KOOL), a market leader in automated cell processing and autologous cell therapies for regenerative medicine, and ThermoGenesis, its wholly owned device subsidiary, today announced that the company has entered into a definitive joint venture agreement with HealthBanks Biotech (USA) Inc., one of the world’s leading stem cell bank networks, to commercialize its proprietary cell processing platform, CAR-TXpress™, for use in immune cell banking as well as for cell-based contract development and manufacturing services (CMO/CDMO). The joint venture will be named ImmuneCyte Life Sciences Inc. (“ImmuneCyte”) and is expected to officially launch during the fourth quarter of 2019. [Read more…]
SHANGHAI, Oct. 28, 2019 — CARsgen Therapeutics Co. Ltd., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation to its investigational CT053 CAR-T cell therapy. CT053 is a fully human anti-BCMA (B Cell Maturation Antigen) autologous chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T Cell therapy for the treatment of relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma (rrMM). [Read more…]
A new state-of-the-art facility dedicated to plasmid manufacturing is now operational in Gerenzano, Italy. The new site will couple with the existing GMP facility active in the Cell and Gene (C&G) therapy space. With 800m2 (8,000 square feet) of cleanrooms, the two facilities of Anemocyte, the first Biotech Manufacturing Organisation (BMO), will address manufacturing needs of Somatic Cells, Non-Viral Modified Cells, Vesicles and Plasmids for Viral Vectors. [Read more…]
− iCART Program Advances the Potential for a Highly Scalable, Lower Cost, Off-the-Shelf CAR T-Cell Therapy to Treat Cancer
KYOTO and OSAKA, Japan I July 16,2019 – The Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) at Kyoto University and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced that a novel induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell-derived chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy (iCART) has been transferred from their T-CiRA research collaboration to Takeda as the program begins process development toward clinical testing. Under the terms of the T-CiRA agreement, Takeda has the global rights to develop and commercialize the iCART product and CiRA will receive development and approval milestones. The teams will continue to collaborate as they prepare the iCART program for a clinical trial in 2021. [Read more…]
