Brexucabtagene autoleucel (Tecartus – Kite) has been approved by the FDA for treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). It was previously approved for treatment of relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma. Tecartus is an individualized cellular product prepared from the patients own T cells, which are genetically modified to express chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) and then infused back into the patient. The CAR T-cell immunotherapy tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) was approved in 2017 for treatment of relapsed or refractory...

Prademagene zamikeracel (Zevaskyn – Abeona Therapeutics), an autologous cell sheet-based gene therapy, has been approved by the FDA for treatment of wounds in patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. It is the first autologous cell sheet-based gene therapy to be approved in the US for this indication. Beremagene geperpavek gel (Vyjuvek), a herpes simplex virus type 1 vector-based gene therapy, is approved for once-weekly use in patients ≥6 months old with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.

Valoctocogene roxaparvovec-rvox (Roctavian – Biomarin), an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector-based gene therapy, has been approved by the FDA for one-time treatment of severe hemophilia A in adults without pre-existing antibodies to AAV serotype 5. It is the first gene therapy to be approved in the US for treatment of hemophilia A.