FOSTER CITY, Calif. & SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) and its cell therapy subsidiary Kite announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which they have agreed to acquire Cell Design Labs, Inc., gaining new technology platforms that will enhance research and development efforts …
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December, 2017
October, 2017
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19 October
FDA Approves Kite’s CAR-T Therapy Yescarta for the Treatment of Large B-Cell Lymphoma
FOSTER CITY, Calif. & SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kite, a Gilead Company, (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted regular approval to Yescarta™ (axicabtagene ciloleucel), the first chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR T) therapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or …
August, 2017
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28 August
Gilead Sciences to Acquire Kite Pharma for $11.9 Billion
FOSTER CITY, Calif. & SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) and Kite Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: KITE) announced today that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Gilead will acquire Kite for $180.00 per share in cash. The transaction, which values Kite at approximately $11.9 …
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3 August
Kite Announces Publication of Landmark Study of Refractory Aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Outcomes
SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kite Pharma, Inc., (Nasdaq:KITE), a leading cell therapy company, today highlighted the publication of the first large-scale multi-institutional analysis of outcomes of patients with refractory aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in the latest electronic edition of BLOOD. The study, SCHOLAR-1 (Retrospective Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Research), showed outcomes in patients with refractory aggressive …
July, 2017
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20 July
Kite’s CAR-T Cell Therapy Demonstrates Positive Results in Patients with Chemorefractory Aggressive NHL
SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kite Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq:KITE), a leading cell therapy company, highlighted the recent online publication of results in Molecular Therapy from a National Cancer Institute (NCI) study of anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in patients with aggressive NHL including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). The research, led by James …
May, 2017
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30 May
FDA Grants Priority Review to Kite Pharma’s Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Drug
SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kite Pharma, Inc., (Nasdaq:KITE), a leading cell therapy company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for priority review the Biologics License Application (BLA) for axicabtagene ciloleucel. The submission follows positive data demonstrated with a single infusion of axicabtagene ciloleucel in the …
April, 2017
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3 April
Kite Completes FDA Filing of its CAR-T Therapy for Aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kite Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq:KITE) today announced that it has completed the rolling submission with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Biologics License Application (BLA) for axicabtagene ciloleucel (previously known as KTE-C19) as a treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) …
February, 2017
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28 February
Kite Pharma’s CAR-T Therapy Meets Primary Endpoint in Pivotal Trial in Patients with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kite Pharma, Inc., (Nasdaq:KITE) today announced positive data from the primary analysis of ZUMA-1 for its lead CAR-T candidate, axicabtagene ciloleucel (previously referred to as KTE-C19), in patients with chemorefractory aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). The study met the primary endpoint of objective response rate (ORR), or …
January, 2017
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4 January
Kite Pharma Submits IND Application for Next Generation TCR Therapy KITE-718
SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kite Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq:KITE) today announced that it has submitted an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a Phase 1 trial of KITE-718, a T cell therapy engineered to express T cell receptors (TCRs) that target MAGE A3 …
December, 2016
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19 December
Juno Therapeutics Defeats Kite Pharma’s Challenge to CAR T-Cell Patent
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Juno Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: JUNO), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cellular immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer, today announced that it has defeated an attempt to invalidate a patent exclusively licensed by Juno that covers, among other things, a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell used for the treatment …