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Fate Therapeutics Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Business Updates
Additional Phase 1 Data for FT819 Off-the-Shelf CAR T-cell Product Candidate in Moderate-to-Severe Systemic Lupus Erythematosus to be Featured in Oral
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[{"type":"text","content":"Additional Phase 1 Data for FT819 Off-the-Shelf CAR T-cell Product Candidate in Moderate-to-Severe Systemic Lupus Erythematosus to be Featured in Oral Presentation at EULAR 2025 Congress in June Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy Designation Granted by the FDA for FT819 in Moderate-to-Severe Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Expanding FT819 Phase 1 Study to Include Treatment of Multiple Additional B Cell-mediated Autoimmune Diseases and Ex-US Territories $273 Million in Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Investments with Projected Operating Runway through 1H27 SAN DIEGO, May 13, 2025 (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 off-the-shelf cellular immunotherapies to patients, today reported business highlights and financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. “We continue to be pleased with the initial clinical profile of our FT819 off-the-shelf CAR T-cell program in patients with moderate-to-severe SLE, and we look forward to sharing new clinical data from our ongoing FT819 Phase 1 study at the EULAR Conference in June,” said Bob Valamehr, Ph.D. MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fate Therapeutics. “Our primary focus remains on driving patient enrollment and achieving therapeutic differentiation in SLE, including administration of FT819 with fludarabine-free conditioning and as an add-on to maintenance therapy without conditioning. We plan to work closely with the FDA under our FT819 RMAT designation to align on a registrational pathway for FT819 in SLE, and we have now initiated regulatory submissions in Europe to expand the geographic reach of the program for lupus patients. The expansion of patient population and reach is well supported by the ability to produce FT819 in large quantities from a master cell bank, ensuring consistent on-demand product supply for a large number of patients.” FT819 iPSC-derived 1XX CAR T-cell Program Phase 1 Study Ongoing using Flu-free Conditioning Regimen for SLE. The Company’s ongoing multi-center, Phase 1 clinical trial of FT819 for moderate-to-severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (NCT06308978) is designed to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of a single dose of FT819 following a fludarabine (flu...