Each Yescarta Dose is Frozen in Proprietary CryoStor® Freeze Media to Maintain CAR T-Cell Viability and Enable Worldwide Distribution
BOTHELL, Washington — October 19, 2017 —BioLife Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLFS), the leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of proprietary clinical grade cell and tissue hypothermic storage and cryopreservation freeze media (“BioLife” or the “Company”), today announced that its customer Kite Pharma, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilead Sciences, has received US FDA approval for Yescarta, the first CAR T-cell therapy for treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory large B-Cell lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy. [Read more…]