Kite Pharma gets Yescarta approval in Japan for large B-cell lymphoma

Kite Pharma gets Yescarta approval in Japan for large B-cell lymphoma

Kite Pharma, a subsidiary of Gilead Sciences, and Daiichi Sankyo have received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for their Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel) for initial treatment of relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL). Yescarta, a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, is used only in patients who have not received a […]

Gilead’s Kite to acquire CAR T-therapies developer Tmunity Therapeutics

Gilead’s Kite to acquire CAR T-therapies developer Tmunity Therapeutics

Kite, an arm of Gilead Sciences, has agreed to acquire Tmunity Therapeutics, a Philadelphia-based clinical-stage biotech company focused on next-generation CAR T-therapies and technologies, for an undisclosed amount. Under the agreement, Kite will acquire all the shares of Tmunity Therapeutics, which it already doesn’t own. The acquisition aligns with Kite’s current in-house cell therapy research […]

Arcellx, and Kite to jointly advance CART-ddBMCA for multiple myeloma

Arcellx, and Kite to jointly advance CART-ddBMCA for multiple myeloma

Arcellx, a US-based clinical-stage biotechnology company, and Kite, a Gilead company, are partnering to co-develop and co-commercialize the former’s CART-ddBCMA, a late-stage product candidate. CART-ddBCMA, currently in phase 2 clinical development, is intended for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. Arcellx and Kite will share development, clinical trial, and commercialization costs […]

Eli Lilly’s Emgality gets FDA green light for migraine prevention

Eli Lilly’s Emgality gets FDA green light for migraine prevention

Eli Lilly and Company has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its migraine drug Emgality (galcanezumab-gnlm) as a preventative therapy for adults. The approval marks a significant milestone for Lilly, as Emgality becomes available as a once-monthly, self-administered, subcutaneous injection designed to help prevent migraines. Emgality, a calcitonin gene-related peptide […]