FDA sets date for Adaptimmune’s sarcoma drug verdict

The FDA is due to decide by 4th August whether to approve Adaptimmune’s engineered T-cell therapy for advanced synovial sarcoma, afamitresgene autoleucel (afami-cel), after a priority review.

If the biologics license application (BLA) is approved, afami-cel will become the first engineered T-cell therapy for solid tumours and the first effective treatment option for advanced synovial sarcoma in more than a decade, according to the Anglo-American company.