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T cells are a type of cell that helps the immune system fight cancer and infections. [3] 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]
A major application of cellular adoptive therapy is cancer treatment, as the immune system plays a vital role in the development and growth of cancer. [1] The primary types of cellular adoptive immunotherapies are T cell therapies. Other therapies include CAR-T therapy, CAR-NK therapy, macrophage-based immunotherapy and dendritic cell therapy.
Axicabtagene ciloleucel (Yescarta): treatment for large B-cell lymphoma [1] Beremagene geperpavec (Vyjuvek): treatment of wounds. [2] Betibeglogene autotemcel (Zynteglo): treatment for beta thalassemia [3] Brexucabtagene autoleucel (Tecartus): treatment for mantle cell lymphoma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia [4] [5]
The therapy, called Lymphir, is approved to treat certain adult patients with relapsed cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, a group of rare blood cancers that affects the skin. About 2,500-3,000 patients ...
The agency also approved another more traditional gene therapy for the disease as well: lovo-cel (brand name: Lyfgenia) from bluebird bio, giving sickle cell patients two powerful new ways of ...
The FDA on Friday also approved a second treatment for sickle cell disease, called Lyfgenia, a gene therapy from drugmaker Bluebird Bio. Both treatments work by genetically modifying a patient’s ...
Tisagenlecleucel is indicated for the treatment of those under 25 years of age with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) that is refractory or in second or later relapse; or adults with relapsed or refractory (r/r) large B-cell lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) not otherwise specified, high grade B-cell lymphoma ...
The therapy, branded as Ryoncil, is the first mesenchymal stromal cell therapy approved to treat pediatric patients aged two months and older whose GVHD symptoms have not responded to standard ...