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EC approves Kymriah in relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma

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The European Commission approved Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel), a CAR-T cell therapy, for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy. 

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