Bris­tol My­ers Squibb earns long-await­ed FDA nod for liso-cel, join­ing short list of lym­phoma CAR-T win­ners

When Bris­tol My­ers Squibb bought out Cel­gene for $74 bil­lion back in late 2019, one of the pur­port­ed cen­ter­pieces in that deal was liso-cel, which hoped to join a small group of CAR-Ts for non-Hodgkin lym­phoma. Ex­pect­ing an ap­proval in 2020, Bris­tol has had its share of set­backs in get­ting liso-cel across the fin­ish line — but now it fi­nal­ly has the green light.

The FDA on Fri­day ap­proved Bris­tol’s Breyanzi (liso­cab­ta­gene mar­aleu­cel), a CAR-T to treat dif­fuse large B cell lym­phoma in pa­tients who have pre­vi­ous­ly re­ceived two pri­or rounds of sys­temic ther­a­py, the agency said in a re­lease.

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