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Fate Therapeutics Announces Termination of Collaboration Agreement with Janssen, Pipeline Prioritization, Next-Generation Programs, and Key 2023 Initiatives
Ended 2022 with Approximately $475 Million in Cash, Cash Equivalents & Receivables; 3-year Operational Runway Provided through Pipeline Prioritization and
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[{"type":"text","content":"Ended 2022 with Approximately $475 Million in Cash, Cash Equivalents & Receivables; 3-year Operational Runway Provided through Pipeline Prioritization and Expense Reduction Advancing Second-generation CD19-targeted CAR NK Cell Program with Five Novel Synthetic Controls Designed to Increase Potency, Extend Functional Persistence, and Reduce Patient Conditioning for Treatment of Hematologic Malignancies and Severe Autoimmune Disorders; IND Submission Planned in Mid-2023 for NHL in Combination with CD20-targeted mAb; FT596 Product Candidate to be Discontinued Ongoing Phase 1 Study of FT576 CAR NK Cell Program for MM to Accrue Patients in Higher-dose, Multi-dose Treatment Cohorts; Combination with CD38-targeted mAb Designed to Enable Dual-antigen Targeting and Mitigate Risk of Rejection by Selectively Depleting Activated Host Immune Cells 2023 IND Submission under Ono Collaboration Planned for FT825/ONO-8250 HER2-targeted CAR T-cell Product Candidate; Solid Tumor Program Incorporates Seven Novel Synthetic Controls Designed to Promote Effector Cell Function, Trafficking, and Resistance to Immunosuppressive Tumor Microenvironment Ongoing FT819 Phase 1 Study of First-ever iPSC-derived CAR T-cell Therapy to Continue Dose and Dose Schedule Optimization for NHL; Single-dose and Novel Split-dose Treatment Schedules to Compare Pharmacokinetic, Safety, and Response Profiles SAN DIEGO, Jan. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: FATE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to bringing a first-in-class pipeline of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cellular immunotherapies to patients with cancer and autoimmune disorders, announced today that it has declined a proposal from Janssen Biotech, Inc. (“Janssen”) for continuation of the collaboration and option agreement between the parties on revised terms and conditions and, as a result, the agreement has been terminated and all collaboration activities will be wound down in the first quarter of 2023. In addition, the Company has completed a strategic review of its natural killer (NK) cell product pipeline and has elected to focus on advancing its most innovative and differentiated programs, which have a multiplexed-engineered cellular framework of novel synthetic controls designed to promote multi-antigen targeting, increase potency, extend function...