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FDA Cracks Down On Stem-Cell Clinics Selling Unapproved Treatments – NPR

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2017-08-28 NEWS

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FDA Cracks Down On StemCell Clinics Selling Unapproved Treatments
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The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on “unscrupulous” clinics selling unproven and potentially dangerous treatments involving stem cells. Hundreds of clinics around the country have started selling stem cell therapies that supposedly use …
FDA Cracks Down on ‘Unscrupulous’ Stem Cell ClinicsNew York Times
FDA cracks down on stemcell clinics, including one using smallpox vaccine in cancer patientsWashington Post
FDA Cracks Down on Stem Cell Clinics But Patients Are Still at RiskTIME
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Why bluebird bio Inc and Juno Therapeutics Inc Shot Higher Today
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Kite, Juno, and Bluebird are all developing chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and the related engineered Tcell receptor (TCR) technologies, which make genetic changes to patient’s immune T cells, training them to attack cancer cells. Kite is

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Gilead’s Plan? Cash In on CART
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The Swiss biopharma Goliath Novartis is the only other drug developer to have a CART that’s pending approval from the FDA. In Kite Pharma’s case, it’s awaiting an FDA decision on axi-cel, a CART that’s under priority review for use in patients with B
Gilead just handed a revolutionary kind of cancer treatment a $12 billon endorsementBusiness Insider
Gilead agrees to buy Kite Pharma, leaping into CART cancer therapySTAT
The Promising New Cancer Treatment Behind Gilead’s $11 Billion DealFox Business
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