Shanghai, China (Press Release) – CARsgen Thera­peutics Co., Ltd., a clin­i­cal-stage bio­pharma­ceu­tical com­pany, to­day an­nounced the Euro­pean Medicines Agency (EMA) Com­mit­tee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) adopted a pos­i­tive opinion on CARsgen's appli­ca­tion for orphan desig­na­tion of its inves­ti­ga­tional CT053 CAR T-cell ther­apy, fully human anti-BCMA (B cell maturation an­ti­gen) au­tol­o­gous chi­meric an­ti­gen re­cep­tor (CAR) T cells for the treat­ment of mul­ti­ple myeloma. CT053 was pre­vi­ously granted orphan drug desig­na­tion by the US Food and Drug Admin­istra­tion in August 2019.

"The COMP's adoption of a pos­i­tive opinion for CT053 orphan drug desig­na­tion is …

Shanghai, China (Press Release) – CARsgen Thera­peutics Co. Ltd., a clin­i­cal-stage bio­pharma­ceu­tical com­pany to­day an­nounced that the United States Food and Drug Admin­istra­tion (FDA) has granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) desig­na­tion to its inves­ti­ga­tional CT053 CAR-T cell ther­apy. CT053 is a fully human anti-BCMA (B Cell Maturation Antigen) au­tol­o­gous chi­meric an­ti­gen re­cep­tor (CAR) T Cell ther­apy for the treat­ment of re­lapsed and/or re­frac­tory mul­ti­ple myeloma (rrMM).

RMAT desig­na­tion was based on clin­i­cal data from an on­go­ing CT053 phase 1 study in heavily pre-treated mul­ti­ple myeloma patients in China. Updated data from CT053 …

Shanghai, China (Press Release) – CARsgen Thera­peutics Inc., a clin­i­cal-stage bio­pharma­ceu­tical com­pany, today announced the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted PRIority MEdicines (PRIME) eligibility to its inves­ti­ga­tional CAR-T cell ther­apy fully human anti-BCMA (B Cell Maturation Antigen) au­tol­o­gous chi­meric an­ti­gen re­cep­tor (CAR) T Cells (ct053) for the treat­ment of re­lapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

PRIME eligibility was based on clin­i­cal data from an ongoing CT053 BCMA CAR-T phase 1 study in China. The results from the trial were presented at an oral presentation on Sep­tem­ber 14, 2019 in Boston at the 17th …

Shanghai, China (Press Release) – CARsgen Thera­peutics Inc., a clin­i­cal-stage bio­pharma­ceu­tical com­pany, today announced the United States Food and Drug Admin­istra­tion (FDA) has granted orphan drug desig­na­tion to its inves­ti­ga­tional CAR T-cell ther­apy fully human anti-BCMA (B Cell Maturation Antigen) au­tol­o­gous chi­meric an­ti­gen re­cep­tor (CAR) T Cells (CT053) for the treat­ment of multiple myeloma.

"FDA orphan desig­na­tion is an im­por­tant regu­la­tory mile­stone in the con­tinued devel­op­ment and com­mer­cial­iza­tion of CT053 anti-BCMA CAR-T cells," said Dr. Zonghai Li, Founder, CEO and CSO of CARsgen. "CT053 has dem­onstrated outstanding potency in an exploratory phase 1 …

Shanghai, China (Press Release) – CARsgen Therapeutics, a clin­i­cal-stage com­pany committed to devel­op­ing Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell ther­a­pies for cancer, today announced that one of its leading drug can­di­dates, CT053 fully human BCMA (B-Cell Maturation Antigen)-CAR-T cell for the treat­ment of patients suffering from re­lapsed / refractory multiple myeloma (rrMM), has received Inves­ti­ga­tional New Drug (IND) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Admin­istra­tion (FDA). CT053 has also received IND clearance from the National Medical Products Admin­istra­tion in China four months ago and is the subject of an ongoing phase I clin­i­cal …

Shanghai, China (Press Release) – CARsgen Therapeutics, a clin­i­cal-stage com­pany committed to devel­op­ing chi­meric an­ti­gen re­cep­tor T cell ther­a­pies for cancer, today announced that one of its leading drug can­di­dates, CT053 fully human BCMA (B-Cell Maturation Antigen)-CAR-T cell for the treat­ment of patients suffering from re­lapsed / refractory multiple myeloma (rrMM), has received Inves­ti­ga­tional New Drug (IND) clearance from the National Medical Products Admin­istra­tion (NMPA).

"At the American Society of Hematology meeting in December 2018, our col­lab­o­rator, Dr. Songfu Jiang presented en­cour­ag­ing safety and efficacy data in patients with rrMM who received CT053 …