A Japanese health ministry panel on December 22 agreed to recommend orphan designation for two regenerative medicine products, including Gilead Sciences’ CAR-T cell therapy brexucabtagene autoleucel, marketed overseas as Tecartus. The designation was endorsed by the Pharmaceutical Affairs Council’s Committee…
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