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Sam Neill Cancer-Free After £280K CAR-T Cure, Calls for Access

4/29/2026

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Sam Neill Cured

Sam Neill announced he is cancer-free after CAR T-cell therapy cured his angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma.
He disclosed the diagnosis in 2023 following swollen glands found while promoting Jurassic World Dominion in 2022, and after chemotherapy failed he received the £280,000 CAR T-cell treatment that cleared the disease.
Neill is urging Australian officials to expand CAR T-cell access, which is now limited to trials, and says he is ready for another movie.

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FDA Grants Breakthrough

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted breakthrough-therapy designation to a new CAR-T cell product in March 2026, joining six approved CAR-T therapies for blood cancers, including acute lymphoblastic leukemia, mantle-cell lymphoma and multiple myeloma.
Analysts note a U.S. patient who paid $750,000 out-of-pocket for CAR-T, highlighting pricing challenges for health systems.
The Snowdome Foundation is partnering with Neill to lobby Australian health authorities for faster CAR-T adoption beyond trial settings.

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Sam Neill Cured

Sam Neill announced he is cancer-free after CAR T-cell therapy cured his angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma.
He disclosed the diagnosis in 2023 following swollen glands found while promoting Jurassic World Dominion in 2022, and after chemotherapy failed he received the £280,000 CAR T-cell treatment that cleared the disease.
Neill is urging Australian officials to expand CAR T-cell access, which is now limited to trials, and says he is ready for another movie.

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