Next-Gen CAR T & Novel SMA Drug Among New Entrants On EMA’s PRIME

Rare Pediatric Disease Drug & Multiple Myeloma Therapy Also Make The Grade

Autolus, Scholar Rock, Rocket and Pfizer have managed to convince the European Medicines Agency that their investigational treatments merit a place on the regulator’s priory medicines scheme.

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Autolus says its investigational treatment may overcome limitations of other CAR T-cell therapies • Source: Shutterstock

AUT01 (obecabtagene autoleucel), a next-generation CAR T-cell therapy that Autolus Therapeutics is developing to treat relapsed/refractory lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), has secured a place on the European Medicines Agency’s PRIME (priority medicines) scheme.

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