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Onco-Summaries: Daily Oncology Updates at a Glance
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

Oncofocus Team
Feb 91 min read


Cell and Gene Therapy Updates
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

Oncofocus Team
Jun 23, 20252 min read


Targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 immunosuppressive axis: CAR-T strategies under investigation
PD-(L)1 axis inhibits CAR-T cell activation, proliferation, survival, and functionality. Thus, CAR-T mediated direct targeting of the PD-(L)1 immunosuppressive axis or modulation of the axis along with CAR-T therapy holds a huge promise to unleash the full potential of CAR-Ts. Multiple strategies are under investigation to target PD-(L)1 immunosuppressive axis to increase CAR-T therapy efficacy. We have grouped the strategies under the following three broad categories, Combin

Oncofocus Team
Jan 11, 20241 min read
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