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Orca Swims Toward Commercialization Of T-Cell Therapy

 
• By Alaric DeArment

The biotech announced positive Phase III data for Orca-T, its allogeneic cell therapy, and a company cofounder talked with Scrip about Orca’s commercialization plans.

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Orca Bio is gearing up to commercialize Orca-T, the cell therapy it is developing for blood cancer patients as an alternative to traditional allogeneic stem cell transplant, as it prepares to apply for US Food and Drug Administration approval after the announcement of positive Phase III data.

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