Building on research by Dana-Farber professor Wayne Marasco, the partners are backing a bispecific approach to CAR-Ts in solid tumors. Seelos licenses a Parkinson’s gene therapy candidate from Duke.

There are still many lessons to be learned in commercializing cell and gene therapies. Experts in the industry discussed challenges and best practices at the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine's annual meeting in October.

Britain’s biggest drug maker is seeking regulatory approval in Europe to use gene transfer technology in children born with ADA-SCID and has further programs using the approach in two other rare diseases - metachromatic leukodystrophy and Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome - with both currently in clinical trials.

AstraZeneca buys out respiratory franchise from Actavis, which it had gained a year prior with its purchase of Forest. Mylan announced two deals Feb. 2, collaborating in COPD with Theravance and buying women’s health products from India’s Famy Care.