Tuesday, June 23, 2020 Daily Archives

Nex-T up: Bristol-Myers using machine learning to optimize future CAR-T

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Bristol-Myers Squibb says its next-generation CAR-T candidates, known as Nex-T, could offer faster and cheaper autologous cell therapies against multiple myeloma and lymphoma. Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) entered the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy space through the completion of its $74 billion acquisition of Celgene last November. Among the candidates BMS added to its pipeline were lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel), an anti-CD19 targeting lymphoma, and idecabtagene vicleuce (ide-cel) being developed against multiple myeloma in partnership with Bluebird Bio, both in late-stage…

June 23, 2020

Manufacturing pace key for COVID-19 vaccines hoping to jump to ‘Warp Speed’

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Ease of manufacturing scale up may determine which candidates advance furthest in the US government’s partnership with industry to speed COVID-19 vaccines to patients. Senior government officials also discussed approval standards, how a vaccine would be distributed, and how much the government and Americans could pay in a 16 June press call. The ability for a COVID-19 vaccine to be manufactured quickly and at scale will be a key factor in determining which potential candidates advance through Operation Warp Speed,…

June 23, 2020