JPM17: Kite Pharma’s Strategy for Commercializing Its Lead CAR-T Drug

CAR-T immunotherapy is one of the most resource-intensive and personalized therapies in clinical trials today. It can deliver astounding results, but the scalability and affordability of the therapy have always been in question.

As a joint leader in the CAR-T immunotherapy space, Kite Pharma closed day three of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference with a roadmap for commercializing its lead biologic, KTE-C19/axi-cel, to treat thousands of patients with diffused large B-cell lymphoma.

Chairman and CEO Arie Belldegrun said the company plans to finalize its BLA submission with the FDA in the first quarter of 2017.

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