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BMS’ Second CAR-T Therapy Ide-Cel in Line for Approval in January
Bristol Myers Squibb’s second CAR-T cell therapy idecabtagene vicleucel (ide-cel) cleared a key Japanese health ministry advisory committee on December 6. This opens the way for its official approval as early as January as the country’s fourth CAR-T product. Ide-cel,…
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