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-

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

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 🎯