
FDA accepts Intellia's IND for CRISPR and TCR-T cell therapy; Santé closes Fund IV at $260M
Riding the coattails of a massive $600 million cash raise in June, Intellia announced that the FDA accepted their IND application for their gene editing treatment NTLA-5001, built as a treatment for acute myeloid leukemia.
The Cambridge, MA biotech said that they have plans to start patient screening in a Phase I/IIa study by the end of 2021. The study will evaluate the effects of a single dose of the treatment in adults who have detectable AML after having received standard first-line therapy. The study will contain a dose escalation and expansion phase, with up to 54 participants.
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