Autolus Confirms Obe-cel’s Ph1b/2 FELIX Trial Readout in 2022; Could Obe-cel be Approved by Early 2023? Yescarta Gains Reimbursement Approval in Australia and Gilead (Kite) Continues Expanding to Novel Cell Platforms with Appia Bio’s Collaboration; Autolus Q2 2021 Earnings Call Summary
On Thursday, August 5, Autolus held their Q2 2021 earnings call (press release / presentation) highlighting that obe-cel’s (CD19 CAR-T) Ph1b/2 FELIX study in r/r ALL readout is on track for 2022. On the same day, Gilead (Kite) announced Yescarta’s (CD19 CAR-T) reimbursement approval in Australia (press release) and a collaboration with Appia Bio for the development of CAR invariant natural killer T (CAR-iNKT) cells for hematological malignancies (press release).