Kite Pharma Fund Company Profile

Description

Kite Pharma, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of novel cancer immunotherapy products. The company is developing a pipeline of engineered autologous cell therapy-based product candidates for the treatment of solid and hematological malignancies. Its lead product candidate is KTE-C19, a chimeric antigen receptors (CAR)-based therapy that is in Phase 2 clinical trials for the treatment of patients with refractory diffuse large B cell lymphoma, including primary mediastinal B cell lymphoma and transformed follicular lymphoma. The company is also conducting a Phase 2 clinical trial of KTE-C19 on patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma; a Phase 1-2 clinical trial of KTE-C19 on adult patients with relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia; and a Phase 1-2 clinical trial of KTE-C19 in pediatric patients with relapsed/refractory. In addition, it engages in developing T cell receptors-based therapies, which targets self-antigens, viral antigens, and neo-antigens. The company has a research collaboration and license agreement with Amgen Inc. to develop and commercialize various CAR-based product candidates; collaboration agreements with the Surgery Branch of the National Cancer Institute and bluebird bio, Inc.; cooperative research and development agreements with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; a license agreement with Cabaret Biotech Ltd.; a license and research agreement with Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc.; and a clinical trial collaboration agreement with Genentech to evaluate the safety and efficacy of KTE-C19, in combination with atezolizumab in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Kite Pharma, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.