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A broad range of unmet needs remains in the immuno-oncology space

Pharmaceutical Technology

IO agents include the classes of immune checkpoint modulators, cell therapies, bispecific antibodies, oncolytic viruses, therapeutic vaccines, and cytokines. All currently approved CAR-Ts are autologous, with the patient’s T-cells being genetically engineered to target antigens expressed by the cancerous cells.

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Q&A: A decade on, what’s next for CAR-T therapies?

Pharmaceutical Technology

More than a decade after the first patient was treated with a CAR-T therapy, six therapies relying on the same principles have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and marketed to thousands of patients. More broadly however, several advancements are on the horizon for cell and gene therapies in 2023.

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Immunocore’s Kimmtrak Gets FDA Approval as First Treatment for Rare Eye Cancer and First T Cell Receptor Therapeutic

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Kimmtrak is part of a novel class of bispecific T cell immunotherapies being developed by Immunocore. Kimmtrak has also become the first bispecific T cell engager to be FDA-approved for the treatment of a solid tumor. Kimmtrak has a price tag of $18,760 per vial, which amounts to a weekly dose.

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Meet the Researcher: Andreas Bader, Triumvira Immunologics

Drug Discovery World

We are a cell therapy company that uses a very specific receptor to engineer T cells and administer these engineered T cells back to solid tumour patients. We consider ourselves a next-generation engineered cell therapy company. There are a lot of successes that have been achieved with CAR T therapies.

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The current pharma business model is unsustainable

World of DTC Marketing

In pharma, growth depends on new products with hefty price tags when over 80% of voters want lower costs for their prescription drugs. More recently developed agents, such as CAR T-cell therapy, may cost almost USD 500,000 annually. Biogen’s failure should be a warning to other pharma companies.

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Company Spotlight: Cue Biopharma Innovates in the Immunotherapy Space with its Immuno-STAT Platform

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Cue Biopharma is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based clinical-stage biotechnology company that is focused on developing injectable immune biologics using its proprietary Immuno-STAT (Selective Targeting and Alteration of T cells) platform. Cell-Based Immunotherapy vs. Immune Biologics. cells, receptors) to treat disease.

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Immunocore gets EU nod for TCR cancer therapy Kimmtrak

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Immunocore now has approval on both side of the Atlantic for Kimmtrak – the first cancer therapeutic based on T cell receptor (TCR) technology – after getting a green light from the European Commission. It’s the first treatment for mUM in the EU, as well as the first BiTE drug to treat a solid tumour.

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