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Kite’s CAR T-cell Therapy Tecartus® Receives Positive CHMP Opinion in Relapsed or Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (r/r ALL)
– Tecartus® (Brexucabtagene Autoleucel) First and Only CAR T in Europe to Receive Positive CHMP Opinion to Treat Adults 26+ with r/r ALL – – If Approved, it
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n– Tecartus® (Brexucabtagene Autoleucel) First and Only CAR T in Europe to Receive Positive CHMP Opinion to Treat Adults 26+ with r/r ALL –\n\n– If Approved, it will Address a Significant Unmet Need for a Patient Population with Limited Treatment Options –\n\n SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nKite, a Gilead Company (Nasdaq: GILD), today announces that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion for Tecartus® (brexucabtagene autoleucel) for the treatment of adult patients 26 years of age and above with relapsed or refractory (r/r) B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). If approved, Tecartus will be the first and only Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for this population of patients who have limited treatment options. Half of adults with ALL will relapse, and median overall survival (OS) for this group is only approximately eight months with current standard-of-care treatments.\n\n“Kite’s goal is clear: to bring the hope of survival to more patients with cancer around the world through cell therapy,” said Christi Shaw, CEO, Kite. “Today’s CHMP positive opinion in adult ALL brings us a step closer to delivering on the promise that cell therapies have to transform the way cancer is treated.”\n\nFollowing this positive opinion, the European Commission will now review the CHMP opinion; the final decision on the Marketing Authorization is expected in the coming months.\n\n“Adults with relapsed or refractory ALL often undergo multiple treatments including chemotherapy, targeted therapy and stem cell transplant, creating a significant burden on a patient’s quality of life,” said Max S. Topp, MD, professor and head of Hematology, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Germany. “If approved, patients in Europe will have a meaningful advancement in treatment. Tecartus has demonstrated durable responses, suggesting the potential for long-term remission and a new approach to care.”\n\nResults from the ZUMA-3 international multicenter, single-arm, open-label, registrational Phase 1/2 study of adult patients (≥18 years old) with relapsed or refractory ALL, demonstrated that 71% of the evaluable patients (n=55) achieved complete remission (CR) or CR with incomplete hematological recovery (CRi) with a median follow-up of 26.8 months. In an e...