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France`s Cellectis told to pause cell therapy tests after death

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French cell therapy specialist Cellectis, which is developing a gene-modified cancer treatment similar to Novartis’s recently approved Kymriah, has been forced to suspend testing following a patient death.

LONDON (Reuters) – French cell therapy specialist Cellectis, which is developing a gene-modified cancer treatment similar to Novartis&rsquo-s recently approved Kymriah, has been forced to suspend testing following a patient death.

Cellectis said on Tuesday it was working closely with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which placed a so-called clinical hold on its product, in order to resume trials with a lower dose of the medicine UCART123.

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