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Bristol Myers Reports Death in CAR-T MS Trial

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  • Bristol Myers Squibb reported a patient died after receiving its CAR-T therapy in a Phase 1 multiple sclerosis trial.
  • After immunosuppression the patient contracted septic pneumonia and died, according to Bristol’s press release.
  • Bristol paused the CAR-T studies in September after observing transient, reversible inflammatory events.
  • Novartis disclosed three deaths in its CAR-T autoimmune trials, raising safety concerns.