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Umoja and IASO partner to develop therapies for haematological malignancies

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The iPSC-based allogeneic cell therapy platform of Umoja leverages its synthetic receptor enabled differentiation (ShRED) manufacturing process to guide iCIL differentiation and development with robust anti-tumour activity. In the initial stage, the partnership will focus on acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) to boost accessibility to patients.

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Precision Bio climbs on near-$1.5bn sickle cell pact with Novartis

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Novartis has shouldered its way into the in vivo gene editing category via a deal with US biotech Precision BioSciences, focused on a therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD). Other companies – notably Vertex Pharma/CRISPR Therapeutics and bluebird bio – are taking an ex vivo approach to SCD and thalassaemia and are much closer to market.

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10 Key Learnings from Successful Cellular and Gene Therapy Trials for Rare Diseases

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Rare disease clinical trials are complex due to the additional scientific, medical, operational and regulatory requirements of newly emerging advanced therapies, such as gene therapy,” says Dr. “Thankfully, we can anticipate that many more of these new treatments are expected in the future.”

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Strategies to Successfully Manage Complex Cell Therapy Clinical Trials

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According to a recent review published in Nature , as of April 2022 almost 1,800 active cell therapy clinical trials were listed in ClinicalTrials.gov, a 33 percent increase from 2021. The rapidly expanding landscape of cell therapy trials has put an operational strain on many clinical sites due to limited resources and infrastructure. “In

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Spotlighting Lupus Awareness Month: CAR-T Technology Creates New Avenues for Treatment of a Devastating Disease

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The currently approved CD-19 CAR products are autologous, ex vivo cellular therapies. These therapies are manufactured by extracting T cells from the patient’s blood, genetically modifying them in the lab, and then reinfusing them back into the same donor patient. In these cases B cell depletion is a feature, not a bug.

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ESMO 2022: the evolution of TIL therapy – a highly promising approach

Pharmaceutical Technology

As an autologous cell therapy, manufacturing the infusion product is a highly specialised process involving tumour harvest and the extraction and large-scale ex vivo expansion of TILs. Tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy has been investigated as a treatment modality for melanoma for almost 20 years. versus 21.4% respectively.

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High risk, high reward – the future of CAR-T therapy in CLL

Pharmaceutical Technology

In 2010, two patients with end-stage refractory chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) were administered Novartis’ autologous anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy, Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel), as part of a Phase I trial.

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