After accumulating technologies to develop off-the-shelf, allogeneic NK cell therapies over the past decade, Korea's GC LabCell is now tapping into the global market as US partner Artiva begins clinical trials of its lead asset.

Although SRF813 isn’t likely to reach the clinic until 2021, GSK likes cell therapy’s monotherapy and combination potential. Lilly bids $880m to acquire neurodegenerative cell therapy firm Prevail.

Phase II/III studies are underway for Mesoblast’s remestemcel-L and Athersys’ Multistem, followed by a pack of earlier-stage stem cell candidates from Pluristem, Hope Bioscience and Celltex – with an interactive chart of the COVID-19 cell therapy pipeline.

Public Company Edition: Drug developers continue to take advantage of investors’ preference for biotechnology investments, with CRISPR, Acceleron and BioNTech raising massive sums. The wealth isn’t spreading to everyone, however, as DBV Technologies is restructuring and cutting jobs.