Gilead's Kite Receives Expanded Approval for its CAR-T Yescarta's in Follicular Lymphoma
Gilead’s Kite has successfully secured success in launching the first-ever chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in the Follicular Lymphoma Market. The US FDA approved the Yescarta for adults with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma (FL) after two or more lines of systemic therapy under accelerated approval.
Also known as axicabtagene ciloleucel, Yescarta’s approval is based on the results from the study ZUMA-5. In this single-arm, open-label trial, 91% of patients with r/r FL responded to the treatment, including an estimated 74% of them in continued ...