Century Therapeutics announced plans to expand clinical development for its lead program, CNTY-101, a CD19-targeting iNK cell therapy, into additional autoimmune disease indications. CNTY-101 is currently being evaluated in a clinical trial in B-cell malignancies as well as a planned clinical trial in systemic lupus erythematosus, which is on track to be initiated in the first half of 2024. Century plans to pursue additional autoimmune disease indication regulatory filings in 2024. Century plans to pursue additional autoimmune disease indication regulatory filings in 2024. Century’s increased research and development activities in autoimmune diseases are further supported by a $60 million private placement of its common stock to certain institutional investors. Concurrently, Century announced pipeline and platform enhancements through the acquisition of Clade Therapeutics. “Today’s news signifies a transformative milestone for Century, as we accelerate and broaden our research and development initiatives in autoimmune diseases and iPSC-derived cell therapy on a larger scale. With support from a distinguished group of investors, coupled with the acquisition of Clade, we are poised for continued success,” said Brent Pfeiffenberger, Pharm.D., Chief Executive Officer of Century. “We believe this strategic expansion of CNTY-101 into additional autoimmune disease indications, coupled with the incorporation of multiple new next-generation assets into our pipeline, represents an important step forward in our goal to address significant unmet need for patients across these serious diseases. We look forward to initiating CALiPSO-1 in SLE in the first half of this year, as well as the near-term pursuit of additional regulatory filings in autoimmune disease for CNTY-101, and presenting additional clinical data from ELiPSE-1 trial in the middle of this year.”
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