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Could CAR-T Therapy Be a Cure for Lupus? Early Trials Show Promise
FRIDAY, Aug. 8, 2025 — Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease with a spectrum of very different manifestations and variable severity. This makes the condition difficult to ...
FDA Eliminates Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) for Autologous Chimeric Antigen Receptor CAR T Cell Immunotherapies
June 27, 2025 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it has eliminated the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) for currently approved BCMA- and CD19-directed...
Ready-Made Immune Therapy Effective Against Leukemia
MONDAY, April 28, 2025 – A ready-made version of a cutting-edge cancer immunotherapy can effectively defeat blood cancers, a new study says. Researchers have prepared an off-the-shelf version of CAR...
Cutting-Edge Cancer Treatment, CAR T-Cell Therapy, Isn't Known By Most Americans
MONDAY, April 21, 2025 – Chris Vogelsang has had a long and terrible fight with cancer. Fourteen years ago, the 70-year-old man was first diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphoma. His cancer...
CAR-T Therapy Won't Raise Odds for a Second Cancer, Study Finds
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 – Contrary to a warning placed on labels for CART-T cancer therapies, use of these treatments does not appear to boost the odds for a secondary cancer later, a new study...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) for Autologous Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell Immunotherapies Modified to Minimize Burden on Healthcare Delivery System
June 26, 2024 – Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) for Autologous Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell Immunotherapies Modified to Minimize Burden on Healthcare Delivery System A...
FDA Medwatch Alert: FDA Requires Boxed Warning for T Cell Malignancies Following Treatment with BCMA-Directed or CD19-Directed Autologous CAR T Cell Immunotherapies
April 18, 2024 – In November 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted a safety communication to provide information about reports of T cell malignancies including chimeric antigen...
FDA Medwatch Alert: FDA Investigating Serious Risk of T-cell Malignancy Following BCMA-Directed or CD19-Directed Autologous Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell Immunotherapies
November 28, 2023 – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received reports of T-cell malignancies, including chimeric antigen receptor CAR-positive lymphoma, in patients who received treatment...
U.S. FDA Approves Kite’s Tecartus as the First and Only CAR-T for Adults with Relapsed or Refractory B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) October 01, 2021 – Kite, a Gilead Company (Nasdaq: GILD), today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Tecartus® ...
FDA Approves Tecartus (brexucabtagene autoleucel) as the First and Only CAR T Treatment for Relapsed or Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 24, 2020-- Kite, a Gilead Company (Nasdaq: GILD), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to Tec...
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