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Novartis' CAR-T CTL019 Back On The Blockbuster Hit List

 
• By Jessica Merrill

CEO Joe Jimenez told investors the firm is encouraged about the commercial prospects for CAR-T therapy. Lead drug CTL019 made Novartis' list of blockbusters in development after having been left off last year.

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Novartis AG reaffirmed its excitement about the commercial potential of the chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy CTL019 during a meet-the-management event at the company's research campus in Cambridge, Mass. May 31.

CEO Joseph Jimenez pointed to the pricing potential in CAR-T as one of the reasons for optimism. Novartis has a...

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