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Cartesian Therapeutics to Present Updated Data from Phase 2b Trial of Descartes-08 in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis at the 2nd Annual Cell Therapy for Autoimmune Disease Summit
Company to host conference call and webcast with key opinion leader on December 3, 2024, at 7:30 a.m. ET FREDERICK, Md., Nov. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
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[{"type":"text","content":"Company to host conference call and webcast with key opinion leader on December 3, 2024, at 7:30 a.m. ET\nFREDERICK, Md., Nov. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering mRNA cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, today announced that updated efficacy and safety data from the Phase 2b trial of Descartes-08 in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis will be presented at the 2nd Annual Cell Therapy for Autoimmune Disease Summit, being held December 2-4, 2024 in Philadelphia. Details of the presentation are as follows: Title: Perspectives on Bringing Cell Therapies to the Autoimmune Space: From Concept to ClinicSession Name: Diving into Challenges & Successes in the Autoimmune Space to Direct Future OutcomesPresenter: Miloš Miljković, M.D., M.Sc., Chief Medical Officer, Cartesian TherapeuticsSession Date/Time: Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 9:30-10:00 a.m. ET Conference Call and Webcast The Company will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the updated data, as well as details regarding the design of its planned Phase 3 trial, on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at 7:30 a.m. ET. Joining members of the Cartesian management team will be key opinion leader James F. Howard Jr., M.D., Professor of Neurology, Medicine, and Allied Health at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. To access the conference call, please dial 1-800-715-9871 (toll-free) or 1-646-307-1963 (international) at least 10 minutes prior to the start time and ask to be joined into the Cartesian Therapeutics call. The live audio webcast, along with accompanying slides, can be accessed on the Events & Presentations section of Cartesian’s website at https://ir.cartesiantherapeutics.com/news-and-events/events-presentations. A replay of the webcast will be available for a limited time following the event on Cartesian’s website. About Descartes-08 Descartes-08, Cartesian’s lead mRNA cell therapy candidate, is an autologous mRNA-engineered chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (mRNA CAR-T) product targeting B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) in clinical development for generalized myasthenia gravis (MG) and systemic lupus erythematosus. In contrast to conventional DNA-based CAR T-cell therapies, mRNA CAR-T administration is designed to not require preconditioning ch...