Early Indian Promise For A Cut-Price CAR-T Therapy

A faculty member at the Indian Institute of Technology and the founder of Indian venture ImmunoACT hopes to deliver an indigenously developed CAR-T therapy at a fraction of current treatment costs.

Rahul Purwar
Dr Rahul Purwar, Associate Professor At IIT Bombay And Founder Of ImmunoACT

India may be lagging its Asian peers in the area of cell and gene therapy but pockets of promise have emerged, with a spin-out backed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay and the US National Cancer Institute hoping to deliver a cut-price CAR-T cell product.

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