On July 27, 2016 Kite Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq:KITE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing engineered autologous T-cell therapy (eACT) products for the treatment of cancer, reported that the Company has entered into an exclusive, worldwide license with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for intellectual property related to a fully human anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor-based product candidate directed against B-cell malignancies (Press release, Kite Pharma, JUL 27, 2016, View Source [SID:1234514080]). The National Cancer Institute (NCI), with Dr. James N. Kochenderfer, M.D., an investigator in the Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch of the NCI, is currently conducting a Phase 1 clinical trial of the product candidate in patients with B-cell malignancies under an existing Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between Kite and the NCI. Schedule your 30 min Free 1stOncology Demo! "The expansion of our CAR-T pipeline to include a fully human anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor supports our effort to maximize the potential benefit of CAR-T therapies for patients with advanced B-cell malignancies. As the field of T-cell therapy continues its rapid advancement, we remain committed to collaborating with the world’s most distinguished institutions and accessing the most significant enabling technologies to pioneer the next generation of T-cell therapies," said Arie Belldegrun, M.D., FACS, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer.
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