CAR-T Companies Hang Onto Novartis' Coat-Tails After Historic FDA Panel Vote

The FDA panel landmark recommendation for Novartis' CTL019 should provide a fillip for the other players in the CAR-T field but the response from the investment community has been lukewarm compared with researchers and patients.

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Standing strong: FDA panel nod may boost other CAR-T players • Source: Shutterstock

The momentous news that the FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee has recommended approval of Novartis AG’s CTL019 has provided a boost not only for the Swiss major but for the rest of the players in the chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) market.

The ODAC voted 10-0 in favor of CTL019 (tisagenlecleucel) for pediatric leukemia, a decision that as good as guarantees that...

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