Manufacturing technologies lag behind breakthroughs in CAR-T cancer treatment | Children's National

Manufacturing technologies lag behind breakthroughs in CAR-T cancer treatment | Children's National

Manufacturing technologies lag behind breakthroughs in CAR-T cancer treatment

Drug companies around the country are banking on the cutting-edge cancer treatments known as CAR-T, but many manufacturing processes are holding back the treatment from reaching the market.

Catherine Bollard, M.B.Ch.B., M.D., director of the Center for Cancer and Immunology Research at Children’s National Health System, was featured in a recent Bloomberg Law article stating that academics, industry participants and medical product regulators are trying to catch up with the technology and determine the best standards for developing these products. Although this is an exciting and positive time in the field of oncology, it also presents a big learning curve.