Oncology

Data from the phase 2 QUILT-88 study were presented at the 2022 ASCO GI symposium.

Carisma Therapeutics and Moderna are also collaborating to develop CAR-M cell therapies.

Further details on the KEYNOTE-B79 trial were presented at the 2022 ASCO GI Symposium.

Catch up on the latest news, breakthroughs, and announcements from biotechnology companies making advancements in gene and cell therapies.

The phase 1/2 ARYA-2 trial will be run in parallel with the similar phase 1/2 ARYA-1 and ARYA-3 trials.

The clinical professor of medicine, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCSF, discussed data from the CARTITUDE-1 study presented at ASH 2021.

The designation follows the approval of its IND application for the natural killer cell therapy in November 2021.

The hematologist/oncologist from Mayo Clinic discussed advantages of Tmod technology in solid tumors.

Experts discuss recommendations to increase the uptake of CAR T-cell therapies into clinical practice and relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

The professor from University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center discussed the FDA approval of lisocabtagene maraleucel.

Cedrik Britten, MD, chief medical officer, Immatics, discussed the advantages of IMA203 over other cell therapies.

Scott Requadt, chief executive officer, Talaris Therapeutics, discussed the phase 2 FREEDOM-3 trial and preclinical studies of the cell therapy FCR-001.

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Six of 7 patients reported improvements in dry mouth after treatment with AAV-hAQP1.

Dolores Schendel, PhD, chief executive and chief scientific officer, Medigene, discussed the phase 1/2 study evaluating MDG1011.

Genprex will launch the open-label, multicenter, phase 1/2 Acclaim-2 trial in the first quarter of 2022.

AJ Joshi, MD, chief medical officer, Atara Biotherapeutics, discussed further research with tab-cel, including study 205.

Many cell and gene therapy companies are initiating new programs and collaborations with the start of the new year.

The deputy director and chief of stem cell transplantation at Miami Cancer Institute discussed the study of axicabtagene ciloleucel vs tisagenlecleucel in relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

The hematologist/oncologist from Mayo Clinic discussed the growing presence of CAR T-cell therapies in lung cancer and melanoma.

Findings from the phase 2 ENSIGN and ELIANA studies suggest DNA sequencing predicts ALL relapse.

Event-free survival was 68.3% at 6 months, 48.3% at 12 months, and 48.3% at 24 months in patients treated with AUTO1.

The hematologist/oncologist from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey discussed ongoing research examining the CAR T-cell therapy ciltacabtagene autoleucel.

The chief of Cancer Immunotherapy at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey discussed unmet needs with cellular therapies in metastatic epithelial cancer.

The hematologists from Moffitt Cancer Center and MD Anderson Cancer Center discussed the need for collaboration between academic and community practices for patients who receive CAR T-cell therapy.