FDA quick­ly fol­lows a vol­un­tary pause for CAR-T 2.0 with a clin­i­cal hold to in­ves­ti­gate 2 pa­tient deaths

Celyad’s vol­un­tary pause didn’t last long.

The biotech put out word af­ter the mar­ket closed Mon­day that the FDA has swift­ly fol­lowed up the news of 2 pa­tient deaths and an an­nounced pause with a clin­i­cal hold, shift­ing con­trol over the tri­al halt to fed­er­al reg­u­la­tors.

Ac­cord­ing to the Bel­gian biotech $CYAD, the agency de­cid­ed on the hold “due to in­suf­fi­cient in­for­ma­tion to as­sess risk to study sub­jects.”

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