Kite’s Tecartus (KTE-X19) Receives EC’s Conditional Marketing Authorization for R/R Mantle Cell Lymphoma

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  • The approval is based on P-II ZUMA-2 study assessing Tecartus in 74 patients with r/r MCL prior treated with anthracycline/ bendamustine-containing CT, an anti-CD20 Ab therapy and a BTK inhibitor (ibrutinib or acalabrutinib)
  • The study demonstrated an OR rate (93 %) with CR (67%), as assessed by an Independent RRC following a single infusion. In safety analyses, Grade 3 or higher CRS and neurologic events in 15% and 33% of patients
  • Tecartus is the first CAR T therapy in r/r MCL. With the approval, Kite becomes the first company with multiple approved cell therapies in the EU

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