Novartis CAR-T Site Selection, Risk Management Are Model For Other Sponsors
Executive Summary
US advisory committee's favorable views of Novartis' tisagenlecleucel-T suggest road map for other CAR-T developers to follow; with an Oct. 3 user fee deadline, pediatric leukemia agent is on path to becoming first chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in US.
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