BioNotebook: First trial for Bellicum's CAR T cell safety switch; deals, trials, financings

NCI study uses Bellicum's CAR T cell safety switch; Innocutis licenses Sitavig from BioAlliance; Portola initiates andexanet alfa Phase III; Alcobra enrolls first Phase III patient; Cardium becomes Taxus Cardium; Sangamo prices $100m offering; Alexza completes $45m private placement; and Oxygen raising $52m.

NCI study uses Bellicum's CAR T cell safety switch; Innocutis licenses Sitavig from BioAlliance; Portola initiates andexanet alfa Phase III; Alcobra enrolls first Phase III patient; Cardium becomes Taxus Cardium; Sangamo prices $100m offering; Alexza completes $45m private placement; and Oxygen raising $52m.

Bellicum's AP1903 gets first test in cancer

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