Kite’s Yescarta First CAR T-cell Therapy to Receive European Marketing Authorization for Use in Second-Line Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma and High-grade B-cell Lymphoma
Yescarta is now the first Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy approved for patients in Europe who do not respond to first-line treatment.
- Yescarta is now the first Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy approved for patients in Europe who do not respond to first-line treatment.
- Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common sub-type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), representing around 30% of cases.
- Yescarta was first approved in Europe in 2018 and is currently indicated for five types of blood cancer: Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL); Large B-Cell Lymphoma (LBCL); High-Grade B-Cell Lymphoma (HGBL); Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma (PMBCL); and Follicular Lymphoma (FL).
- Adult patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy, including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) not otherwise specified, primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, high grade B-cell lymphoma, and DLBCL arising from follicular lymphoma.