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ARTICLE | Product Development

Chinese biotechs look to next-generation CAR T technologies to solve market challenges

Chinese CAR T cell companies are mapping out solutions to their cost problem

April 2, 2021 9:42 PM UTC

Though nearly every Chinese CAR T developer is prioritizing autologous programs, the key to expanding access to the modality on the price-sensitive China market is likely to be the next-generation platforms these companies are quietly building. 

These second-generation technologies — many designed with cost-cutting in mind — range from protocols to compress manufacturing timelines to off-the-shelf products that can be produced at scale...