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FDA investigating serious risk of T-cell malignancy following BCMA-directed or CD19-directed autologous CAR T-cell immunotherapies

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FDA has received reports of T-cell malignancies, including chimeric antigen receptor CAR-positive lymphoma, in patients who received treatment with BCMA- or CD19-directed autologous CAR T-cell immunotherapies.

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