News Concentra throws lifeline to troubled CARGO Therapeutics After cutting staff and halting development of its CAR-T therapies, CARGO has agreed to a takeover by Kevin Tang's Concentra Bio.
News FDA loosens restrictions on first-gen CAR-T therapies There is enough experience with the first wave of autologous CAR-T therapies to allow strict rules ensuring their safe use to be relaxed, says FDA.
News CARGO offloads staff after abandoning lead CAR-T Less than 18 months after its IPO, CAR-T developer CARGO has abandoned its development efforts and slashed around 90% of its staff.
News BMS absorbs CAR-T partner 2seventy bio for $286m Bristol Myers Squibb has moved to take full control of the CAR-T therapy it partners with 2seventy bio, agreeing to buy the biotech for around $286m.
News NICE changes its mind on BMS' lymphoma cell therapy Around 600 people with various types of B-cell lymphoma will be eligible for treatment with BMS' CAR-T therapy Breyanzi under new NICE guidance.
News CARsgen gets a win for CAR-T in solid tumours CARsgen Therapeutics' claudin 18.2-targeting autologous CAR-T therapy satri-cel has shown efficacy in gastric cancer, setting up a filing in China.
News European Commission approves 2nd IPCEI to sum of €403m The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, the second health-related IPCEI to support innovations in medical devices.
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