09/06/2026 Imugene’s Azer-cel secures FDA Fast Track for CLL/SLL and MZL FDA grants RedHill’s opaganib Rare Pediatric Disease designation for neuroblastoma Serplulimab secures world‑first approval as a chemo‑sparing perioperative immunotherapy for gastric cancer FDA grants RMAT to lasme‑cel, advancing the first off‑the‑shelf CAR‑T into pivotal r/r B‑ALL trial Imugene’s Azer-cel secures FDA Fast Track for CLL/SLL and MZL (Ref) Imugene's Azer-cel (azercabtagene zapreleucel; CD1

06/02/2026 The FDA approved a label update for Yescarta for Relapsed/Refractory Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma The FDA approved a label update for Yescarta for Relapsed/Refractory Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (Ref) The US FDA approved an update to Gilead's Yescarta® (axicabtagene ciloleucel; anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapy) prescribing information removing the previous Limitations of Use in patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) primary central nervous sy

17/12/2025 Incyte's Minjuvi® received the EC approval for treatment of R/R Follicular Lymphoma J&J's RYBREVANT FASPRO™ received the FDA approval for the treatment of EGFR-mutated NSCLC pharmaand GmbH's Rubraca received the FDA full approval for the treatment of BRCA mutant mCRPC Perioperative pembro + enfortumab vedotin elicited significant benefit in MIBC Incyte's Minjuvi® received the EC approval for treatment of R/R Follicular Lymphoma (Ref) The European Commission granted

04/12/2025 BMS' Breyanzi received FDA approval for R/R MZL J & D Pharmaceuticals' investigational therapy received the FDA orphan drug designation for HCC BMS' Breyanzi received FDA approval for R/R MZL (Ref) The US FDA granted approval to Bristol Myers Squibb's lisocabtagene maraleucel (Breyanzi; CD19-directed CAR-T cell therapy) for the treatment of adult patients with R/R marginal zone lymphoma who have received at least two prior lines of systemic therapy. The approval

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

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

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 🎯