CGTLive®’s Weekly Rewind – April 11, 2025

Welcome to CGTLive®’s Weekly Rewind! We’ve compiled 5 highlights from this week’s coverage of advances in gene and cell therapies, including FDA actions, notable research, and interviews with experts across the field.

1. Allogene Therapeutics’ ALLO-329 Snags FDA Fast Track Designations for 3 Rheumatology Indications

The designations apply to lupus, myositis, and scleroderma indications.

2. Renier Brentjens, MD, PhD, on Using Armored CAR T-Cells to Tackle Solid Tumors

The chair of the department of medicine at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center discussed the innovations necessary to make CAR-T therapy effective in solid tumor indications.

3. Independent DMC Concludes that Risk-Benefit Ratio for Sarepta’s DMD Gene Therapy Elevidys Remains Favorable

A recent patient death following treatment with the gene therapy raised concerns for the European Medicines Agency.

4. ImmunoLogic, Episode 3: "Breaking the Brain’s Barrier: CAR T-Cells Take on Glioblastoma" With Marcela Maus, MD, PhD

In Episode 3 of ImmunoLogic, Marcela Maus, MD, PhD, discussed her research on CAR-T for treating glioblastoma.

5. Lexeo’s Gene Therapy LX2006 Reduces Abnormal LVMI in Patients With Friedreich Ataxia Cardiomyopathy

The data come from patients treated across 2 studies.