Arcellex, Kite Expand CART-ddBCMA Collaboration

Scope of existing collaboration to include lymphomas and Kite exercises option to Arcellx’s ARC-SparX program ACLX-001 in multiple myeloma. Arcellx, Inc. and Kite, a Gilead Company, have expanded the scope of their existing collaboration for CART-ddBCMA to...

Kite partners with epigenetic editing startup Epic Bio in CAR-T work

Kite, the Gilead subsidiary specializing in CAR-T, is trying out epigenetic editing as it seeks new ways to create next-generation cell therapies that are more effective against cancer. Teaming up with California-based Epic Bio, Kite will tap its new partner’s...

Cargo Therapeutics prepares IPO to carry CAR-T through phase 2 trials

If it wasn’t enough for Cargo Therapeutics to raise $200 million and recruit a C-suite of biopharma veterans so far this year, the CAR-T-focused company is now eying up an IPO. Despite launching in 2021, the San Mateo, California-based biotech only came into view this...