Too Sick For CAR-T? Kite Reports Cerebral Edema Death
Executive Summary
Kite Pharma investors were spooked on May 8 when the company revealed that an extremely ill patient died from cerebral edema related to its lead CAR-T candidate – the same severe side effect that derailed Juno's competing cell therapy.
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