CAR-T Clinical Hold Adds To 2Seventy’s Headwinds

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2seventy Bio remains in Cambridge, MA, nearly two years after spinning out from Bluebird Bio. • Source: Shutterstock

2seventy Bio’s Phase I trial of its acute myeloid leukemia CAR-T candidate, SC-DARIC33, in children and young adults has been halted by the US Food and Drug Administration following the death of one of the participants.

The company announced on 14 August that the US Food and Drug Administration had formally placed the study, named PLAT-08,...

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