Kymriah® (tisagenlecleucel), CAR-T therapy from Novartis, receives TGA approval for treating two aggressive blood cancers
- Kymriah® is an immunocellular therapy that is a one-time treatment manufactured individually for each patient using the patient’s own T cells, genetically reengineered and programmed to recognise and destroy cancer cells.
- Kymriah® is approved for the treatment of relapsed or refractory patients with paediatric B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) and adult diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)[1]
- Kymriah® could be a treatment option for about 50 paediatric and young adult ALL patients and 420 adult DLBCL patients who relapse or do not respond to initial therapy[2]
- Kymriah® is the only chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy to receive TGA approval in Australia[1]