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Orna, which began as an academic query at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is a biotechnology company creating fully engineered circular RNA, or O-shaped RNA therapies for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune, and genetic disorders.
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Kite Pharma has tapped immunotherapy expert Francesco Marincola, a former National Institutes of Health investigator, to helm the company’s cell therapy research.
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition began December 5, and there were numerous presentations, abstracts and posters. Here’s a look at some of the stories out of the first day.
Maryland has become a key part of the strategy for Kite, a Gilead company, and its mission to find a cure for cancer.
Although August is a busy month on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s calendar for PDUFA dates, this week’s dates were almost all approved ahead of schedule. Here’s a look.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Kite Pharma’s Tecartus (brexucabtagene autoleucel) for adults with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). Kite is a Gilead Science company.
The goal is to support the discovery and development of next-generation drug and engineered cell therapies, specifically with a focus on natural killer (NK) cells.
Arie Belldegrun, the co-founder and executive chairman of the board of Allogene, disclosed this weekend that he has been diagnosed with COVID-19. The pharma entrepreneur is in self-quarantine and is doing well.
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