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‘We’ll Be First With Off-The-Shelf CAR-T,’ Vows Precision Biosciences – And Hopes To Win Over Gene-Editing Skeptics

Aiming To Help Patients Who Fail Auto CAR-Ts

 
• By Andrew McConaghie

As it and its competitors have failed on the first test of durability with their allogeneic CAR-T candidates, Precision Biosciences is looking to cross the line in a sub-group of responders – as well as prove the value of its gene-editing platform.

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Precision Biosciences has seen its share price fall sharply in 2022, but hopes it can be the first to bring an allogeneic CAR-T to market, and prove the value of its gene-editing platform. • Source: Alamy

Among the three frontrunner companies in the race to have the first-in-class ‘off-the-shelf’ CAR-T therapy approved, Precision BioSciences is currently the least fancied by investors – but its leadership is convinced they will be first to achieve the elusive goal.

Precision is competing with Allogene Therapeutics and CRISPR Therapeutics to develop an allogeneic CD19-targeting CAR-T for lymphoma that...

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