Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies continue to have the blessing of the US Food and Drug Administration’s top cell and gene therapy regulator despite the agency’s high-profile safety alert about adverse event reports of T-cell malignancies.
CAR-T Development In Autoimmune Should Continue, FDA’s Marks Says; Malignancy Reports Not ‘Overly Concerning’
Although US FDA had received 22 adverse event reports by end of 2023, CAR-T products’ benefit-risk profiles remain ‘incredibly beneficial’ and the FDA has no concerns about approved oncology uses, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Director Peter Marks says.
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