Breyanzi Is Third To Market, But BMS’s First CAR-T Therapy Priced Above Competitors

Third Cell Therapy For Lymphoma Approved In The US

Breyanzi’s list price is $410,300. The CD19-targeting CAR-T therapy previously known as liso-cel has a lot of ground to make up following competitors Yescarta and Kymriah. 

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Breyanzi was approved after an FDA delay related to manufacturing inspections • Source: Shutterstock

The US Food and Drug Administration approval of Bristol Myers Squibb Company’s chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel; liso-cel) has been a long time coming, but that has given the company time to prepare for launch against two established competitors.

The FDA cleared Breyanzi on 5 February to treat adult patients with certain types of large B-cell lymphoma who have...

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