Welcome to the January edition of our CGT Watch newsletter! Stay informed on the latest advancements in the CGT space—subscribe now to receive insightful updates straight to your inbox. Dear Readers, We’re excited to bring you Jan edition of CGT watch highlighting updates on novel targets, innovative approaches, first-of-its-kind combinations, and key developments. Since we’re keen to keep things concise and focused, this issue will exclusively cover cell therapies. 🎯 Regula

June 3rd week, 2025 Regulatory Updates 🎯 Senti Biosciences received an ODD from the US FDA for SENTI-202 (off-the-shelf CD33 and/or FLT3 targeting CAR-NK) for R/R AML (Ref 1) 👉 Why it matters: This is the first logic-gated CAR-NK with clinical data, demonstrating encouraging early results (ORR of 71.4% (n=7) with responses sustained beyond 8 months) 🎯 The US FDA granted ODD for CERo Therapeutics, Inc.’ CER-1236 (anti-TIM-4L CER-T), which is being evaluated in Ph1...

June 2nd week, 2025 ⭐ Deals & Collaborations 🤝Neowise Biotechnology granted BeOne Medicines rights to one of its proprietary antigen-specific TCR molecule under a non-exclusive licensing deal for the development of next-generation, iPSC-based off-the-shelf cell therapies for the Tx of Solid Tumors (Ref 1) ❓ What are the advantages of the off-the-shelf cell therapies? ⭐ Regulatory Updates 🎯 Myrio Tx received the US FDA approval for an IND application to initiate Ph1, N

May 5th & June 1st Week ⭐ Regulatory Updates 🎯 China’s NMPA granted Priority Review to CARsgen Therapeutics’ satri-cel (CT041; an autologous, anti-CLDN18.2 CAR-T) for ≥3L aGC/GEJA pts (Ref 1) ❓ What is the current landscape of cell therapies in GC? 🎯 Autolus Therapeutics’ obe-cel (an autologous, anti-CD-19 CAR-T) received a positive CHMP opinion in the EU for the treatment of R/R B-ALL in adults, based upon Ph1/2 FELIX/NCT04404660 study results (Ref 2) ❓ What are the ap

May 3rd Week, 2025 ⭐ Regulatory Update 🎯 The US FDA granted the RMAT designation to BrainChild Bio’s BCB-276 (an autologous, B7-H3 CAR-T) for the treatment of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) based on the positive survival data from the Ph1 BrainChild-03/NCT04185038 trial (Ref 1) ❓ Which other CAR-Ts are currently being investigated in clinical trials for DIPG? ⭐ Clinical DataReadouts 🔬 Updated data from the pivotal Ph2, iMMagine-1/NCT05396885 trial of Gilead Sci

May 1st & 2nd Week, 2025 ⭐ Deals & Collaborations 🤝 NKure Therapeutics and CRISPR Therapeutics partnered to co-develop CRISPR’s CTX112 (an allogeneic, anti-CD19 CAR-T) for the treatment of R/R B-cell malignancies in India. NKure plans to seek the CDSCO approval by Jun’25 to begin Ph2 trials in India (Ref 1) ❓ What is the competitive landscape of CAR-Ts in India? 🤝 Chong Kun Dang Pharm. acquired a 7.3% stake in AbClon, and received priority rights to commercialize nespecab

April 3rd & 4th, 2025 Regulatory Updates 🎯 The UK MHRA granted conditional marketing authorization for Autolus Therapeutics’ Aucatzyl (obecabtagene autoleucel; an autologous, anti-CD19 CAR-T) for the treatment of adult R/R B-ALL patients based on the results from the Ph1/2 FELIX/NCT04404660 study (Ref 1) ❓ In what ways does Aucatzyl’s fast off-rate CD19 binding domain differentiate it from existing CD19 CAR-Ts for B-ALL? 🎯 Lyell Immunopharma received RMAT designation f

April 2nd April, 2025 ⭐ Regulatory Events 🎯 The US FDA cleared an IND application of CERo Therapeutics, Inc.’s CER-1236 (anti-Tim-4L chimeric engulfment receptor T-cell (CER-T)) for a Phase 1 trial in advanced solid tumors specifically NSCLC and ovarian cancer (Ref 1) ❓ What is the difference between CER-T and CAR-Ts and what benefits do CER-Ts offer? ⭐ Setbacks 🛑 Carisma Therapeutics paused R&D activities and is exploring strategic alternatives to maximize value, incl

March 3rd Week, 2025 Regulatory Events 🎯 The European commission granted approval to Bristol Myers Squibb’ Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel; an autologous, anti-CD19 CAR-T) for the treatment of adult patients with ≥3L FL (Ref 1) ❓ How many CAR-Ts are currently approved for FL, and what makes Breyanzi unique? 🎯 The US FDA granted Fast Track Designation (FTD) to Imugene Limited’s azercabtagene zapreleucel (azer-cel; an allogeneic, anti-CD19 CAR-T) for the treatment of R/R

March 1st Week, 2025 ⭐ Regulatory Events 🎯 China’s NMPA granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) to CARsgen Therapeutics’ satricabtagene autoleucel (satri-cel; CT041; an autologous, anti-CLDN18.2 CAR-T) for the treatment of Claudin18.2-positive ≥third-line G/GEJ cancer (Ref 1) ❓ What are CARsgen’s next steps in advancing satri-cel? Has CARsgen obtained similar designations in other markets? 🎯 The US FDA accepted Bioheng Therapeutics’ IND application for CTD402 (anti-

February 4th Week, 2025 📝 The US FDA granted RMAT designation for ImmunityBio’s Anktiva (n ogapendekin alfa inbakicept; IL-15 superagonist) and its PD-L1 t-haNK (an allogeneic, a-PD-L1 CAR-NK) for the reversal of lymphopenia in patients receiving SOC chemo/radiotherapy and in Multiply Relapsed Locally Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer (Ref 1) ❓ What are the next steps in the development process for Anktiva and PD-L1 t-haNK following the RMAT designation? 📝 UCARsgen

February 3rd Week, 2025 📝 BMS’ Breyanzi (liso-cel; an autologous, anti-CD19 CAR-T) received NICE recommendation as an option for treating Relapsed or Refractory Large B-cell Lymphoma after first-line chemoimmunotherapy when a stem cell transplant is suitable (Ref 1) ❓ What new evidence led NICE to overturn its initial rejection of Breyanzi in Oct 2024? 📝 Anixa Biosciences received the approval to amend Ovarian Cancer Phase 1/NCT05316129 trial, allowing a second dose of FS

February 2nd Week, 2025 📝 BMS’ Phase 2 TRANSCEND FL trial of Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel; an autologous, anti-CD19 CAR-T) met primary endpoint of ORR and key secondary endpoint of CRR in marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) cohort. Detailed results will be presented at an upcoming conference (Ref 1, 2) ❓ What are the current benchmarks in MZL? 📝 Imugene’s Azer-cel (an allogeneic, anti-CD19 CAR-T) + low dose IL-2 elicited two additional complete responses resulting in a CRR o

Welcome to the May edition of our CGT Watch newsletter! CARsgen’s satri-cel priority review & Ph2 results; Autolus’ obe-cel positive CHMP opinion; BrainChild Bio’s BCB-276 RMAT; Gilead & Arcellx’s anito-cel Ph2 updated results; Senti Bio’s SENTI-202 updated Ph1 results; CARsgen’s CT0596 first-time Ph0 results; Artiva Bio’s AlloNK long-term Ph1/2 results; NeoImmuneTech’s NT-17 + CAR-T Ph1 topline results; Nkure and CRISPR Therapeutics partnership; Chong Kun Dang & AbClon part

Welcome to the April edition of our CGT Watch newsletter! Autolus’ Aucatzyl’s UK approval; BrainChild Bio’s BCB-276 BTD; Lyell’s LYL314 RMAT designation; TScan’s Ph1 trial update; CERo’s IND approval; CARGO's assets discontinuation; Carisma assessing strategic alternatives; BioNtech co-development option expiration; Caribou Bio restructuring. Stay informed on the latest advancements in the CGT space—subscribe now to receive insightful updates straight to your inbox. Dear R

Dear Readers, Welcome to our inaugural CGT Watch newsletter! We’re excited to bring you monthly highlights on novel targets, innovative therapeutic approaches, and emerging companies in the cell and gene therapy space. Since we’re keen to keep things concise and focused, this issue will exclusively cover cell therapies. We’re using a 45-day window for these highlights; from our next issue onward, we’ll transition to a monthly update schedule. Section 1: Key Monthly Updates 🎯