Celularity's New Cell Therapy Receives the US FDA's IND Approval for COVID-19
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- Following the IND approval- Celularity will initiate P-I/II study assessing CYNK-001 in 86 patients with COVID-19. The company deems CYNK-001 is the first FDA’s IND cleared immunotherapy to treat COVID-19 infected adults
- Cell therapy works by boosting the body’s early immune response in a way it could target the coronavirus. CYNK-001 limits the SARS-CoV-2 replication and disease progression by eliminating the infected cells
- CYNK-001 is the only cryopreserved allogeneic- off-the-shelf NK cell therapy- being developed from placental hematopoietic stem cells and being investigated for hematologic cancers and solid tumors
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