New long-term data for the cancer therapy Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel) have shown that nearly half of patients treated with the cell-based gene therapy were alive three years after treatment. The long-term data were presented on 7 December at the American Society of Hematology meeting in the US, and are similar to outcome data reported in 2017.

The UK medical charity LifeArc has extended a research collaboration with Metrion Biosciences Ltd with the goal of identifying new compounds for neurological diseases using Metrion’s ion channel drug discovery technology. The year-old collaboration is being extended for a further 12 months.