A New Cancer Treatment Is on the Way -- and Cancer Better Be Scared

A key FDA advisory committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to recommend approval of Novartis (NYSE: NVS) ground-breaking drug for pediatric and young adult B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or ALL. The recommendation clears the way for a formal FDA green light, and it begins a new era in the fight against cancer.

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, or CAR-T, is a new approach involving the re-engineering of a patient's T-cells so that they can better find and destroy cancer cells. T-cells are collected from a patient, sent off to a facility where they are altered, and then they're infused back into the patient.

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