News and Press Releases

Kite’s CAR T-Cell Therapy Data Show Real-World Patient Benefit and Durable Response Across Difficult-to-Treat Blood Cancers

Largest Real-World (RW) Analyses of Yescarta® (Axicabtagene Ciloleucel) Show 74% Overall Survival (OS) at 12 Months in Second-Line Relapsed/Refractory Large B-cell Lymphoma (LBCL), Consistent with OS Reported in Pivotal ZUMA-7 Study,...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: June 12, 2025

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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

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Cognizant and Gilead Expand Partnership to Drive Greater Value Through Advanced Technology Applications

Cognizant will provide AI-driven solutions to enhance customer service, employee engagement, and business value 30 January 2025 -- New Jersey, US -- Cognizant has announced an expansion of its longstanding relationship...

Category: Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Logistics, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 30, 2025

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GILEAD AND LEO PHARMA ENTER INTO STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO ACCELERATE DEVELOPMENT OF ORAL STAT6 PROGRAM WITHPOTENTIAL IN MULTIPLE INFLAMMATORY DISEASES

11 January 2025 – Foster City, California, US and Ballerup, Denmark – Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) andLEO Pharmatoday announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the development and commercialization of...

Category: Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 13, 2025

Gilead and Leo Pharma Enter into Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Development of Oral STAT6 Program with Potential in Multiple Inflammatory Diseases

Strategic Partnership Strengthens Gilead’s Inflammation Research Portfolio with the Addition of LEO Pharma’s Preclinical Oral STAT6 Program, Including Targeted Protein Degraders Gilead Will Have Exclusive Global Rights to the STAT6...

Category: Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 11, 2025

Longest Follow-Up Data Reported for Kite’s Tecartus CAR T-Cell Therapy at ASH 2024 Reinforce Durable Efficacy and Survival Benefits

Only CAR T to Demonstrate Prolonged Overall Survival After Five Years Follow-Up in Relapsed/Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma ZUMA-2 Analysis Shows 91% Overall Response Rate, Including 73% Complete Response Rate, in...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: December 9, 2024

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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

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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

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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

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Kite’s TECARTUS (Brexucabtagene Autoelucel) Demonstrates Sustained Overall Survival in Adult Patients with Relapsed/Refractory B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

After more than four years of follow-up in the pivotal ZUMA-3 study, median overall survival was 26 months and four-year overall survival rate was 40% at 48 months Survival benefit...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Pharmaceutical
Posted: June 3, 2024

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Encouraging New Data Presented on Kite’s YESCARTA (Axicabtagene Ciloleucel) for Relapsed/Refractory Central Nervous System Lymphoma  

At median follow-up of 24.2 months, no apparent additional risks of adverse events related to axicabtagene ciloleucel were seen Findings also suggest efficacy trend with median progression-free survival and durability...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Pharmaceutical
Posted: June 3, 2024

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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

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Gilead and Kite Oncology to Highlight Broad and Diverse Oncology Portfolio at ASCO 2024

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Development Program Data to be Presented, Including the phase 3 EVOKE-01 Study Updated Results from phase 2 EDGE-Gastric Study of Fc-Silent Anti-TIGIT Domvanalimab Plus Anti-PD-1...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery
Posted: May 7, 2024

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Gilead Sciences Appoints Peter Wickersham to Vice-President and General Manager in the UK and Ireland

7 May 2024 -- London, UK -- Gilead Sciences announced today the appointment of Peter Wickersham as vice-president and general manager for the UK and Ireland. In his new role,...

Category: Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: May 7, 2024