News and Press Releases
ViroCell manufactured a GMP lentiviral vector for UCL to accelerate research into prevention of relapse in childhood blood cancer
UCL leveraged ViroCell’s expertise in lentiviral vector manufacturing for an innovative CAR T-cell therapy for the treatment of paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia 17 April 2025 -- London, UK and New...
Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 17, 2025
Kite Presents New Data on Patient Outcomes with CAR T-Cell Therapy at the 7th European CAR T-Cell Meeting, 6-8 February, Strasbourg, France
6 February 2025 -- Stockley Park, UK -- Kite, a Gilead Company, will share four posters that add to the growing body of evidence to support the clinical use of...
Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: February 6, 2025
SEKISUI Completes £15.7 Million Expansion in cGMP Biopharma CDMO Capacity
Growth of UK facility will enable clinical-grade manufacturing of drug substances for range of biopharmaceutical products 14 November 2024 – Burlington, MA, USA – SEKISUI Diagnostics’ microbial CDMO business announces...
Category: Manufacturing and Packing
Posted: November 19, 2024
Galapagos to Present Results of Pioneering Innovation in Cancer Cell Therapy at ASH 2024
New Phase 1/2 data support the potential of our CAR T-cell therapy candidates, GLPG5101 and GLPG5201, in addressing unmet needs for patients with poor prognoses Our innovative decentralized cell therapy...
Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: November 5, 2024
ViroCell Biologics signs Master Services Agreement with prominent NCI-designated cancer centre
MSA enables collaboration on full suite of ViroCell’s viral vector manufacturing services to accelerate the cancer centre’s clinical development of novel gene-modified cell therapies Agreement follows ViroCell’s successful GMP manufacture...
Category: Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: July 22, 2024
New Kite Clinical Research and Real-World Evidence for Yescarta (Axicabtagene ciloleucel) Demonstrate Benefit From Earlier Lines of Treatment
Analysis shows manufacturing of axicabtagene ciloleucel in second-line treatment of relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma can help reduce time from leukaepheresis to infusion vs third-line plus treatment Data builds on previous...
Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery
Posted: June 14, 2024
Kite Receives European Medicines Agency Approval of Safety Monitoring Variation for CAR T-Cell Therapy Portfolio
In-hospital patient monitoring for adverse events reduced from ten to seven days following CAR T-cell therapy infusion 6 June 2024 -- Stockley Park, UK -- Kite, a Gilead Company, today...
Category: Biotechnology, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: June 6, 2024
KITE Shares New Data at EHA 2024 Which Demonstrates Positive Patient Outcomes and Advances in Delivery of CAR T-Cell Therapy
Analysis comparing real-world and clinical trial data shows Yescarta (Axicabtagene Ciloleucel) has higher manufacturing success rates and improved T-cell performance, respectively, in second-line vs third-line+ treatment of large B-cell lymphoma...
Category: Clinical Trials, Pharmaceutical
Posted: May 14, 2024
Asimov achieves 10x improvement in lentiviral production, launches new stable cell line development service
Stable lentiviral (LV) cell line development service achieves unconcentrated titres >1E9 TU/mL for therapeutic transgenes Fully stable cell lines have all viral genes and transgene stably integrated, enabling biomanufacturing scalability...
Category: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 29, 2024
CARVYKTI▼ (ciltacabtagene autoleucel; cilta-cel) is the first BCMA-targeted treatment approved by the EC for patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior line of therapy
Expanded indication for this one-time infusion may provide patients with a potential period away from their multiple myeloma treatment as early as first relapse Approval is based on results from...
Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials
Posted: April 22, 2024
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Janssen Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for CARVYKTI (ciltacabtagene autoleucel; cilta-cel) for Treatment in Earlier Lines of Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Results from the phase 3 CARTITUDE-4 study, which supported the CHMP recommendation, showed that cilta-cel has the potential to offer significant benefit to patients in earlier lines of treatment Most...
Category: Clinical Trials
Posted: February 23, 2024
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Kite Presents New Data for Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel) CAR T-cell Therapy Highlighting Manufacturing Excellence and Cost-Effectiveness in the US
Data Highlights Industry-leading Manufacturing Success Rates for US Axicabtagene Ciloleucel Patients from Launch to Present Data Also Supports Cost-effectiveness of Axicabtagene Ciloleucel Versus Bispecific Antibodies 16 February 2024 – Stockley...
Category: BioManufacturing
Posted: February 21, 2024
Real-World Evidence Demonstrates Feasibility and Safety of Outpatient Administration of Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel)
Findings show comparable safety for patients administered axicabtagene ciloleucel in the outpatient setting in the US to inpatient infusion Real-world evidence supports further exploration of use of outpatient administration of...
Category: Clinical Trials
Posted: February 15, 2024
ViroCell signs manufacturing services agreement with UCL to accelerate research into prevention of relapse in childhood blood cancer
Agreement will leverage ViroCell’s expertise in lentiviral vector manufacturing for an innovative CAR T-cell therapy for the treatment of paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia 12 December 2023 -- London, UK and...
Category: BioManufacturing
Posted: December 12, 2023
New Analyses Presented at ASH 2023 Support the Potential Long-Term Response and Safety of Kite’s TECARTUS (brexucabtagene autoleucel) in patients with aggressive blood cancers
At Almost Four Years of Follow-up in the Pivotal ZUMA-2 Study, Median Overall Survival was 46.4 Months, Supporting Long-term Response in Adult Patients with Relapsed/Refractory(R/R) Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) Real-world...
Category: Clinical Trials
Posted: December 12, 2023
