Cellular Therapy Series Part I: How Engineered Cellular Therapies are Reshaping Medicine

Recorded on May 4, 2022 | 12:00 - 1:00 PM PDT Cellular therapies are reshaping the therapeutic landscape, representing one of the highest growth sectors for FDA IND applications, spurring some of the most recognized young companies, producing several high-value cancer drugs, and transforming lives. The Seattle area has led the development from the start with seminal work by Dendreon, bringing to market the first FDA-approved immunotherapy made from a patient’s own immune cells (Provenge), as well as pioneering advances in chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy by the Hutch, Seattle Children’s Research Institute and Juno Therapeutics. Today, the region remains at the forefront, supporting the development and launch of two commercially available CAR T cell products, Breyanzi (Juno/Celgene/Bristol Myers Squibb) and Abecma (2seventy bio (formerly bluebird bio)/Celgene/Bristol Myers Squibb), and delivering innovative cell therapies to put more patients on the path to a cure. Young cellular th