Featured Story | By Amirah Al Idrus Gilead’s Kite unit made its name developing autologous CAR-T treatments made from a patient’s own cells. Now, the subsidiary is making another big play in off-the-shelf treatments that can be developed more quickly in a deal with Shoreline Biosciences that could exceed $2.3 billion. The partners will initially work on CAR targets for natural killer cell therapies for blood cancers. read more |
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