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Cell therapy

Lakefront Biotherapeutics, formerly Galapagos, has sold five preclinical CAR-T assets to Belgian startup Armed Cell Therapeutics for €8 million upfront, while India’s Mankind Pharma has agreed to acquire 70% of the buyer for €48 million.

Schematic diagram of CAR structure (Source: doi: 10.1186/s40364-017-0102-y)

CAR-T cell therapy has demonstrated remarkable success in treating hematologic malignancies and is now expanding into solid tumors. On June 1, 2025, The Lancet published positive results from the world’s first randomized controlled trial of CLDN18.2 specific CAR-T in gastric cancer, led by Professor Lin Shen’s team at Peking University.