Celgene's CAR-T Leadership Goals Advance At ASH 2017

12 Dec 2017

Celgene's partnership strategy paid off at ASH with positive results for two CAR-T therapies in development with bluebird bio and Juno. The company is pursuing first- and best-in-class opportunities with the goal of becoming a leader in the CAR-T field.

Celgene Corp. hit a double whammy at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting running Dec. 9-12 in Atlanta, Ga. via partners bluebird bio Inc. and Juno Therapeutics Inc. that could help the company meet its goal of becoming a leader in chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapies.

Bluebird and Celgene reported new data for bb2121 showing strong, durable response rates in relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma as...

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