Adaptimmune Starts Planning TCR Commercialization For An Ultra Rare Patient Population

CEO Adrian Rawcliffe talked with Scrip about filing and early commercial plans for afami-cel in synovial carcinoma if it is approved by the FDA.

Adaptimmune plans to file for approval of afami-cel in Q4 • Source: Shutterstock

With plans to file the T-cell receptor (TCR) therapy afamitresgene autoleucel (afami-cel) for US Food and Drug Administration approval in the fourth quarter of 2022, Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc is looking ahead to commercialization in 2023. Afami-cel, a TCR therapy targeted to MAGE-A4, could be one of the first cell therapies to win FDA approval for a solid tumor indication, though it is a very small one.

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