Thursday, September 6, 2018 Daily Archives

Vendors ‘awakening’ to the needs of cell and gene therapy makers

Equipment suppliers are vying to fill gaps in processing say cell and gene therapy experts, but understanding what end-users need will be central for success. In 2017, the US FDA approved two chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapies. Since then there have been several other cell and gene therapies approved across several markets, including Europe’s first allogeneic stem cell in the form of Takeda’s Alofisel (darvadstrocel). And with several hundred cell and gene candidates moving through the clinical stages…