Allogene Takes Step Closer To Off-The-Shelf CAR-Ts

Phase I data presented at ASCO for ALLO-501 offer proof of concept for the CD19 allogeneic CAR-T and a companion drug, ALLO-647, for lymphodepletion. 

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Allogene Is on track to take ALLO-501A into Phase II

Allogene Therapeutics Inc. made a splash at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s virtual annual meeting with early data that support the viability of its off-the-shelf chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapeutic in lymphoma, potentially with improved safety and comparable efficacy to autologous CAR-T therapies, albeit across different lymphoma types.

Since the introduction of the first personalized CAR-T therapies, manufactured for individual treatment using the patient’s own cells, there has...

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