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  2. Lifileucel - Wikipedia

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    Lifileucel is the first tumor-derived T cell immunotherapy approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). [3] It was approved for medical use in the United States in February 2024. [ 2 ] [ 4 ]

  3. Immune checkpoint - Wikipedia

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    This checkpoint is the target of Merck & Co.'s melanoma drug Keytruda, which gained FDA approval in September 2014. The checkpoint is also the target of EMD Serono (Merck KGaA)'s drug Bavencio, which gained FDA approval in 2017. An advantage of targeting PD-1 is that it can restore immune function in the tumor microenvironment.

  4. Cancer immunotherapy - Wikipedia

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    The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved it in March 2017, for the treatment of Merkel-cell carcinoma, [84] an aggressive type of skin cancer. The EMA approved it in September 2017, for the same indication. [86] This is the first FDA-approved treatment for metastatic Merkel-cell carcinoma, a rare, aggressive form of skin cancer. [84]

  5. Bi-specific T-cell engager - Wikipedia

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    Talquetamab was approved for medical use in both the United States [9] [13] [14] and the European Union [15] in August 2023. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers it to be a first-in-class medication .

  6. CD30 - Wikipedia

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    CD30 is the target of the FDA approved therapeutic brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris). It is approved for use in: Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) (brentuximab vedotin) after failure of autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) HL in patients who are not ASCT candidates after failure of at least 2 multiagent chemotherapy regimens

  7. Immunotherapy - Wikipedia

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    The first FDA-approved cell-based immunotherapy, ... Lymphocyte proliferation is the multiplication of lymphocyte cells used to fight and remember foreign invaders. ...

  8. Programmed cell death protein 1 - Wikipedia

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    Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1), (CD279 cluster of differentiation 279). PD-1 is a protein encoded in humans by the PDCD1 gene. [5] [6] PD-1 is a cell surface receptor on T cells and B cells that has a role in regulating the immune system's response to the cells of the human body by down-regulating the immune system and promoting self-tolerance by suppressing T cell inflammatory activity.

  9. Fingolimod - Wikipedia

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    Fingolimod, sold under the brand name Gilenya, is an immunomodulating medication, used for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. [4] Fingolimod is a sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor modulator, which sequesters lymphocytes in lymph nodes, preventing them from contributing to an autoimmune reaction.