Quell Therapeutics Taps eXmoor Pharma to Manufacture CAR-Tregs

U.K. developer Quell Therapeutics hired eXmoor Pharma to make supplies of its pipeline of novel immunosuppressive cell therapies—called CAR-Tregs—at its new cell and gene therapy facility. Quell recently teamed with fellow U.K.-based eXmoor in a “strategic...

CAR-T drugs and parkinsonism: a cause for concern?

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T therapy has been linked to serious side effects, following which U.S. regulators issued boxed warnings on the treatment. Now, growing concerns over parkinsonism have led to a clinical trial halt for a CAR-T candidate. Belgian...

FDA-mandated CAR-T monitoring period could be halved, say researchers

In patients with diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (DLBCL), the two hallmark post-chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T therapy toxicities are extremely rare after two weeks, supporting a shorter, more flexible toxicity monitoring period, according to a study...