Providing cures for cancers previously thought uncurable, CAR-T therapies have been a bright success story for cell therapy. But they’re not without their problems: in addition to expensive infrastructure challenges, CAR-T therapies also have to…
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently removed its Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) designation from CAR T immunotherapies. REMS is occasionally applied to drugs with serious potential safety issues, requiring providers to…
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is changing lives for patients with hard-to-treat cancers. By genetically reprogramming a patient’s own T-cells to recognise and destroy tumours, CAR T has redefined the possibilities of modern oncology…
PITTSBURGH, April 24, 2025–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CytoAgents Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing CTO1681 for the prevention and treatment for Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS), announced the successful completion of the first dose, core cohort dose-limiting toxicity observation…
The Pittsburgh Technology Council’s Tech 50 Awards honors technology innovation in our region. On Thursday, November 14, 2024, we will celebrate the most successful and innovative companies in Southwestern Pennsylvania at the 28th annual Tech…
PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CytoAgents, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a safe, effective treatment for Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS), today announced that it has initiated recruitment and will enroll its first patient at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center,…
PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CytoAgents, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a safe, effective treatment for Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS), today announced that it has received a Study May Proceed letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
As Teresa Whalen says in her “Our Region’s Business” interview hosted by Bill Flanagan on WPXI-TV, “2023 will be a breakout year for CytoAgents.”
As Omnicron continues to take a toll on the country, we’re reminded how many women are on the front lines of health care. Some in the hospital setting, some as public health leaders and others,…
Each January at Technical.ly, it’s become tradition for the reporters in each of our mid-Atlantic markets to take a look back at our reporting, our notes and our emails to rank the most promising young…
The Pittsburgh Technology Council celebrated the 25th annual Tech 50 Awards on Nov. 10, 2021 to honor the fastest growing and most innovative technology companies, service providers and CEOS in the Pittsburgh region.
Technology looked a lot different 25 years ago when the first Tech 50 Awards were presented by the Pittsburgh Technology Council. There was an internet (just barely), cell phones were big and clunky (but not…