China's CBMG Aims For Large-Scale CAR-T Capacity

CBMG exec Tony Liu looks to differentiate CAR-T offerings partly based on ability to produce at a large scale in China, at a standard that matches the US.

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Cellular Biomedicine Group Inc. aims to differentiate its chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy development in part by large-scale production in the company's home country, China, CEO Bizuo (Tony) Liu told Scrip’s Emily Hayes in an interview at the Biotech Showcase.

The Shanghai-based immunotherapy and stem cell therapy company announced the week before the J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference and parallel Biotech Showcase that it was expanding cell production in China to...

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