Kite Pharma Inc. said it has submitted a Marketing Authorization Application to the European Medicines Agency for axicabtagene ciloleucel as a treatment for patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma , transformed follicular lymphoma, and primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant.
With major leadership changes, grant disruptions and terminations, and a stoked distrust in science, Steven Artandi, the director of Stanford Cancer Center, worries that young investigators will feel disenchanted by the U.S. research atmosphere and take their work and study elsewhere.
