Immunothérapie « CAR-T » : une autorisation qui fait date

Chroniques génomiques

CAR-T immunotherapy, a regulatory milestone

UMR 7268 ADÉS, Aix-Marseille, Université/EFS/CNRS, Espace éthique méditerranéen, hôpital d’adultes la Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France ; CoReBio PACA, case 901, parc scientifique de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France

^* bertrand.jordan@univ-amu.fr ; brjordan@orange.fr

Abstract

The first therapy based on chimeric antigen receptors has been approved by the FDA. It gives excellent results in recurrent paediatric ALL; its cost is very high but fairly consistent with the clinical benefit (long term remission approaching a cure). In spite of their complexity and cost, CAR-T therapies will probably end up playing a very significant role in cancer therapy.