Novartis is closing its high-profile cell and gene therapy unit – the one responsible for developing CAR-T therapies. The move suggests Novartis’s outlook for the CAR-T field may be changing, though it’s not clear why.
Novartis AG's decision to disband its cell and gene therapy unit – the business responsible for developing one of the most advanced CAR-T therapies in the industry – has raised questions about the Swiss pharma’s outlook for an area of oncology research that has been thought to be groundbreaking.
It was only four years ago that Novartis in-licensed the CAR-T (chimeric antigen receptor T-cell) technology from the University of...
The agency gave accelerated approval to the BCMAxCD3-directed bispecific antibody, which had been the subject of an August 2024 CRL.
The merger with a fellow Norwegian biotech comes a few months after its lead asset, bemcentinib, bit the dust.
Deal Snapshot: The French drugmaker has been shifting its investments away from cancer to focus on immunology and inflammation but it continues to seek out interesting early-stage oncology assets.
Acquiring Capstan gives AbbVie a stake in two competing in vivo CAR-T delivery platforms, with the field's first readouts expected in 2026.
The company announced plans to move an oral GLP-1/GIP/GCG receptor agonist peptide into clinical development for obesity in 2026.
Deal Snapshot: The French drugmaker has been shifting its investments away from cancer to focus on immunology and inflammation but it continues to seek out interesting early-stage oncology assets.
Acquiring Capstan gives AbbVie a stake in two competing in vivo CAR-T delivery platforms, with the field's first readouts expected in 2026.
