Abstract
We describe the significant technological leap from bench to bedside that was achieved through a strong academic-industry collaboration between dedicated clinicians and researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Novartis to commercialize the chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy tisagenlecleucel (CTL019; Kymriah®; Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland). Tisagenlecleucel was the first CAR-T therapy and the first gene therapy to receive US Food and Drug Administration approval in 2017, with an initial indication for pediatric and young adult patients with relapsed or refractory (r/r) acute lymphoblastic leukemia, followed by approval in May 2018 for a second indication in adult patients with r/r diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Subsequent approvals in the European Union, Switzerland, and Canada soon followed. The tisagenlecleucel success story represents the development and commercialization of a first-of-its-kind personalized cellular therapy with a manufacturing process that supports commercial production and ongoing global clinical trials in a growing number of countries.
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