GAITHERSBURG, Md., Oct. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering mRNA cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, today announced the presentation of data from its Phase 2b trial of Descartes-08 in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (MG) during the 2024 Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA) Scientific Session of the... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Oct. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing mRNA cell therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, today announced the granting of inducement awards to five new employees. On October 1, 2024, the Company issued to these employees options to purchase an aggregate of 60,961 shares of the Company’s... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Sept. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering mRNA cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Rare Pediatric Disease Designation to Descartes-08 for the treatment of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). Descartes-08, Cartesian’s lead mRNA... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Sept. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing mRNA cell therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, today announced the granting of an inducement award to a new employee. On September 3, 2024, the Company issued to this employee an option to purchase 3,864 shares of the Company’s common stock with an... Read More

Descartes-15 observed to achieve an approximately ten-fold increase relative to Descartes-08 in CAR expression and selective target-specific killing in preclinical studies GAITHERSBURG, Md., Sept. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering mRNA cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, today announced that the first patient has been... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Aug. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering mRNA cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, today announced that its management expects to participate in the following investor conferences in September: A fireside chat at the H.C. Wainwright 26 th Annual Global Investment Conference at 2:30 p.m. ET on Monday,... Read More

Presented positive topline results from Phase 2b trial of Descartes-08 in patients with myasthenia gravis; End-of-Phase 2 meeting with FDA expected by year-end Dosed first SLE patient in Phase 2 trial of Descartes-08 IND filing for pediatric basket study of Descartes-08 with focus in neurology and rheumatology expected by year-end PIPE financing strengthened balance sheet, with net proceeds expected to support development of... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Aug. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing mRNA cell therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, today announced the granting of inducement awards to seven new employees. On August 1, 2024, the Company issued to these employees options to purchase an aggregate of 100,457 shares of the Company’s... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing mRNA cell therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, today announced the granting of inducement awards to new employees. On July 1, 2024, the Company issued to these employees options to purchase an aggregate of 35,198 shares of the Company’s common stock... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering mRNA cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, today announced the appointment of Kemal Malik, MBBS to its Board of Directors. Dr. Malik brings to Cartesian over 30 years of global development, regulatory, and commercial expertise at leading pharmaceutical... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering mRNA cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in its Phase 2 open-label clinical trial evaluating Descartes-08 in patients with systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Descartes-08, Cartesian’s lead mRNA cell... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering mRNA cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, today announced that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement for a private investment in public equity (“PIPE”) financing that is expected to result in gross proceeds of approximately $130.0 million to the... Read More

Trial met primary endpoint with statistical significance, with 71% of myasthenia gravis patients treated with Descartes-08 observed to have a clinically meaningful improvement in MGC score at Month 3 compared to 25% for placebo Deep and durable responses up to at least six months observed in patients treated with Descartes-08 Safety profile continues to support outpatient administration Company expects to hold End-of-Phase 2... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md., June 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing mRNA cell therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, today announced the granting of an inducement award to a new employee. On June 3, 2024, the Company issued to this employee an option to purchase 11,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with an... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering mRNA cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (“RMAT”) designation for Descartes-08 for the treatment of myasthenia gravis (“MG”). Descartes-08, the... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:RNAC) (the “Company), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering mRNA cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, today announced that management will participate in a fireside chat at the H.C. Wainwright 2nd Annual BioConnect Investor Conference on Monday, May 20, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. ET. A live webcast of the fireside chat is expected... Read More

Topline data from Phase 2b trial of Descartes-08, the Company’s potential first-in-class mRNA CAR-T cell therapy, in myasthenia gravis on track for mid-2024 On track to dose first patient in Phase 2 trial of Descartes-08 in SLE in 2Q24, as well as Phase 2 basket studies in additional autoimmune indications in 2H24 New headquarters expected to support scale of wholly owned, in-house cGMP manufacturing capabilities for... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md. / May 06, 2024 / Business Wire / Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing mRNA cell therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, today announced the granting of inducement awards to four new employees. On May 1, 2024, the Company issued to each of these employees an option to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock with an... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md. / Apr 22, 2024 / Business Wire / Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering mRNA cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, today announced that recently reported twelve-month follow-up data from its Phase 2a trial of Descartes-08 in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis will be featured during an oral presentation at the upcoming American... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md. / Apr 04, 2024 / Business Wire / Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering mRNA cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, today announced that its management expects to participate in a fireside chat at the 23rd Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. ET. A live webcast of the fireside chat is... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md. / Apr 04, 2024 / Business Wire / Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing mRNA cell therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, today announced the granting of inducement awards to four new employees. On April 1, 2024, the Company issued to each of these employees an option to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock with an... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering mRNA cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, today announced results from a special meeting of stockholders held March 27, 2024. During the meeting, Cartesian stockholders approved the issuance of shares of common stock upon conversion of Cartesian’s Series A... Read More

Topline data from Phase 2b study of Descartes-08, the Company’s potential first-in-class mRNA CAR-T cell therapy, in myasthenia gravis (MG) remains on track for mid-2024 On track to initiate Phase 2 study of Descartes-08 in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in 1H24 as well as Phase 2 basket studies in additional autoimmune indications in 2H24 Following recent IND clearance, planning underway for first-in-human Phase 1 dose... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering mRNA cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, today announced that its management expects to participate in the following investor conferences in March: A presentation at the 2024 Leerink Partners Global Biopharma Conference at 8:40 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 13,... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing mRNA cell therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, today announced the granting of an inducement award to a new employee. On March 1, 2024, the Company issued to this employee an option to purchase 375,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with an... Read More

New facility expected to support expanded cGMP manufacturing of clinical and commercial supply of Company’s pipeline of mRNA cell therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering mRNA cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, today announced its plans to transition its corporate... Read More

Topline data from Phase 2b study of Descartes-08, the Company’s potential first-in-class mRNA CAR-T cell therapy in myasthenia gravis (MG) remains on track for mid-2024 Positive 12-month follow-up data from Phase 2a study in MG reported today; durable depletion of autoantibodies and clinically meaningful improvements in MG severity scores observed approximately 10 months after last infusion Phase 2 study of Descartes-08 in... Read More

Durable depletion of autoantibodies and clinically meaningful improvements in myasthenia gravis (MG) severity scores observed after one-year follow-up period without need for lymphodepleting chemotherapy Descartes-08 observed to be well tolerated following administration in outpatient setting Publication is in peer review and available on the preprint server, medRxiv Topline data from Phase 2b placebo-controlled study... Read More

Merger creates a fully integrated, publicly traded company pioneering RNA cell therapy for the treatment of autoimmune disease Cartesian’s wholly owned pipeline includes a Phase 2 lead asset, Descartes-08, for which deep and durable responses have been observed in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) Multiple near-term catalysts, including data from the Phase 2b study of Descartes-08 in MG expected in mid-2024 and initiation... Read More

WATERTOWN, Mass., Oct. 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Selecta Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SELB), a biotechnology company leveraging its clinically validated ImmTOR™ platform to develop tolerogenic therapies for autoimmune diseases and gene therapies, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to transition the manufacturing and development rights and remaining clinical operations of ImmTOR for SEL-212 to its... Read More

Company to continue focusing on advancement of SEL-212, a potential treatment for chronic refractory gout; Biologics License Application (BLA) filing on track for 1H 2024 Company to suspend further investment in majority of pipeline; evaluating potential licensing and corporate development initiatives for pipeline assets Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and marketable securities of $115.0 million as of June 30, 2023... Read More

Phase 3 DISSOLVE I and DISSOLVE II studies both met their primary efficacy endpoints, with SEL-212-treated patients demonstrating statistically significant higher response rates compared to placebo SEL-212 was observed to have a favorable safety profile and was well-tolerated across both doses of ImmTOR BLA filing expected in 1H 2024 WATERTOWN, Mass., May 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Selecta Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SELB),... Read More

Company to implement capital prioritization initiative, extending cash runway to 2H-2025 $127.5 million in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and marketable securities as of March 31, 2023 Reported positive data from Phase 3 DISSOLVE program of SEL-212 in chronic refractory gout; BLA filing expected in 1H 2024 Selecta to host conference call today at 8:30 AM ET WATERTOWN, Mass., May 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Selecta... Read More

WATERTOWN, Mass., April 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Selecta Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SELB), a biotechnology company leveraging its clinically validated ImmTOR™ platform to develop tolerogenic therapies for autoimmune diseases and gene therapies, today announced that it plans to host a conference call on Thursday, May 4, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023 and... Read More

Response rate of 56% in patients treated monthly with high dose SEL-212 in DISSOLVE I and 47% in DISSOLVE II In patients 50 years and older, response rate with high dose SEL-212 was 65% in DISSOLVE I and 48% in DISSOLVE II 75% of subjects in the DISSOLVE I extension phase on active treatment were responders through 12 months of therapy with no infusion reactions or new safety signals Favorable safety profile with 3.4% of... Read More

Topline data for Phase 3 DISSOLVE I & II clinical trials of SEL-212 in chronic refractory gout remains on track for Q1 2023 Continue to enroll patients in ReiMMAgine, the Phase 1/2 clinical trial of SEL-302 for the treatment of methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) IND enabling studies expected to commence in 2023 for interleukin-2 (IL-2) candidate to be studied in combination with ImmTOR™, as well as IgA protease candidate for the... Read More

WATERTOWN, Mass., Feb. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Selecta Biosciences, Inc . (NASDAQ: SELB), a biotechnology company leveraging its clinically validated ImmTOR™ platform to develop tolerogenic therapies for autoimmune diseases and gene therapies, today announced that it plans to host a conference call on Thursday, March 2, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss its financial results for the quarter and full-year ended December... Read More

WATERTOWN, Mass., Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Selecta Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SELB), a biotechnology company leveraging its clinically validated ImmTOR™ platform to develop tolerogenic therapies for autoimmune diseases and gene therapies, today announced that Company’s Management will provide a corporate update and participate in one-on-one investor meetings at the SVB Securities Global Biopharma Conference, to be... Read More

Expected topline data for Phase 3 DISSOLVE I & II programs of SEL-212 in chronic refractory gout in Q1 2023 To receive $10 million upfront for the execution of a license agreement for Xork, the Company’s next-generation immunoglobulin G (IgG) protease candidate, to be developed with Astellas Gene Therapies’ AT845, an investigational product for the treatment of Pompe disease Selected an interleukin-2 (IL-2) development... Read More

Next-generation IgG protease candidate Xork to be licensed for development with AT845, an investigational Astellas Gene Therapies' product, for the treatment of Pompe Disease Selecta to receive a $10M upfront payment and eligible to receive up to $340M for certain additional development and commercial milestones plus royalties on commercial sales WATERTOWN, Mass. and TOKYO , Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Selecta Biosciences,... Read More