Poseida’s Solid Tumor CAR-T Shows Early Promise, But Safety Will Be Closely Watched

Promising Signs In Prostate Cancer

Developing CAR-Ts against solid tumors that are both safe and effective is proving a huge technical challenge, but San Diego biotech Poseida believes it has made important progress.

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Poseida Therapeutics went public in July 2020, but its stock has sunk since then because of CAR-T safety concerns and promise of competing pipeline cancer modalities.

In the wake of its own safety scare and the halting of a competitor’s trial, Poseida Therapeutics has bounced back with encouraging early safety and efficacy data from its CAR-T cell therapy candidate P-PSMA-101 for solid tumors.

Preliminary Phase I results from five heavily pre-treated patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) suggest efficacy and, just as...

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