Cell Therapy
Takeda to Cut 137 Staffers After Exiting Cell Therapy Research
Takeda; layoffs; cell therapy exit; biotech industry; restructuring; Massachusetts R&D; strategic portfolio reprioritization; pipeline shake-up
Curtain Closes on Takeda’s Cell Therapy Efforts
Takeda; cell therapy; research discontinuation; impairment loss; gamma delta T-cell; strategic shift; biopharmaceuticals
Novo Nordisk Terminates $598M Heart Failure Cell Therapy Collaboration with Heartseed Amid Major Restructuring
Novo Nordisk; Heartseed; heart failure; cell therapy; HS-001; collaboration termination; strategic restructuring; Maziar Mike Doustdar; diabetes; obesity; biotechnology
ArsenalBio Lays Off 50% of Staff in Major Strategic Pivot
ArsenalBio; layoffs; biotech; staff reduction; restructuring; cell therapy; AB-2100; clinical trials; Bristol Myers Squibb partnership
Capricor Claims FDA Misinterpreted Efficacy Data Leading to Rejection of DMD Therapy
Capricor Therapeutics; FDA rejection; deramiocel; Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD); efficacy data misinterpretation; clinical trial endpoints; HOPE-2 trial; non-parametric test; statistical significance; cell therapy
Appia Bio Shuts Down Before Reaching Clinical Trials Amid Biotech Funding Crunch
Appia Bio; cell therapy; biotech shutdown; funding challenges; clinical trials; Kite Pharma partnership; oncology; biotech closures; IND application
Funding Drought Puts Pressure on Cell Therapy Startups Like Appia Bio
Appia Bio; cell therapy; funding drought; biotech; venture capital; Series A financing; ACUA platform; CAR-iNKT cells
Recent Advances for Confident Cell Line Transfer
cell line development; cell transfer; clone stability; electroporation; transfection; quality assurance; GMP compliance; cell therapy
Gilead’s Kite to Acquire Interius for $350M, Advancing In Vivo CAR-T Therapy
Gilead; Kite; Interius BioTherapeutics; CAR-T therapy; in vivo CAR-T; acquisition; off-the-shelf cell therapy; $350 million; biotech; Yescarta; Tecartus; cell therapy platform
Genentech to End $2B Cell Therapy Collaboration with Adaptive Biotechnologies
Genentech; Adaptive Biotechnologies; cell therapy; collaboration termination; T-cell receptor; TruTCR platform; personalized cancer therapy; $2 billion deal