Mustang Bio, Inc.
−Removed: (“Mustang,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company”) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on translating today’s medical breakthroughs into potential cures for difficult-to-treat cancers and autoimmune diseases.
+Added: (“Mustang,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company”) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on translating today’s medical breakthroughs into potential cures for difficult-to-treat cancers.
We aim to acquire rights to these technologies by licensing or otherwise acquiring an ownership interest in the technologies, funding their research and development and eventually either out-licensing or bringing the technologies to market.
−Removed: Our pipeline is currently focused in two core areas:
−Removed: CAR T therapies for autoimmune diseases and hematologic malignancies and CAR T therapies for solid tumors.
−Removed: For these therapies we have partnered with world class research institutions, including the City of Hope National Medical Center (“COH” or “City of Hope”), Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (“Fred Hutch”), and Nationwide Children’s Hospital (“Nationwide”).
−Removed: CAR T Therapies
−Removed: Our pipeline of CAR T therapies is being developed under exclusive licenses from several world class research institutions.
−Removed: Our strategy is to license these technologies, support preclinical and clinical research activities by our partners and transfer the underlying technology to our or our contract manufacturer’s cell processing facility in order to conduct our own clinical trials.
−Removed: We are developing CAR T therapy for solid tumors in partnership with COH targeting IL13Rα2 (MB-101).
+Added: Our pipeline is currently focused on novel therapies for solid tumors.
+Added: For these therapies we have partnered with world class research institutions, including the City of Hope National Medical Center (“COH” or “City of Hope”), and Nationwide Children’s Hospital (“Nationwide”).
+Added: Development Pipeline
+Added: Our pipeline is being developed under exclusive licenses from two world class research institutions.
+Added: Our strategy is to license these technologies, support preclinical and clinical research activities by our partners and develop these product candidates through to potential approval,
+Added: We are developing a CAR T therapy for solid tumors in partnership with COH targeting IL13Rα2 (MB-101).
In addition, we have partnered with Nationwide for a herpes simplex virus type 1 (“HSV-1”) oncolytic virus (MB-108) in order to enhance the activity of MB-101 for the treatment of patients with high-grade malignant brain tumors.
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In October 2023, we announced that the FDA accepted our IND application for the combination of MB-101 and MB-108 – which is referred to as MB-109 – for the treatment of patients with IL13Rα2+ relapsed or refractory glioblastoma (“GBM”) and high-grade astrocytoma.
−Removed: Pursuant to termination of the lease of our cell processing facility in Worcester, MA, we are exploring with COH and Nationwide the possibility of initiating this clinical trial as an investigator-sponsored single-institution study at COH in the fourth quarter of 2025.
−Removed: We are also developing CAR T therapy for hematologic malignancies and autoimmune diseases in partnership with Fred Hutch targeting CD20 (MB-106).
−Removed: In May 2021, we announced that the U.S.
−Removed: Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) accepted our Investigational New Drug (“IND”) Application for MB-106.
−Removed: As of March 1, 2025, 53 patients have been treated in an ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial sponsored by Fred Hutch (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
−Removed: NCT03277729) and 20 patients have been treated in the Phase 1 clinical trial sponsored by us (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
−Removed: NCT05360238).
−Removed: In 2023, we received Safety Review Committee approval to continue dose escalation in all three active arms of the ongoing Mustang-sponsored Phase 1 trial.
−Removed: We presented the latest results, demonstrating a favorable safety profile, complete response rate, and durability, from the ongoing Mustang-sponsored Phase 1 trial at the 2023 American Society of Hematology (“ASH”) Annual Meeting.
−Removed: Pursuant to termination of the lease for our cell processing center in Worcester, MA, we are exploring with Fred Hutch the possibility of initiating a Phase 1 trial in autoimmune diseases as an investigator-sponsored single-institution study at Fred Hutch in the fourth quarter of 2025.
+Added: Pursuant to termination of the lease of our cell processing facility in Worcester, MA, we are exploring with COH and Nationwide the possibility of initiating this clinical trial as an investigator-sponsored single-institution study at COH in the second quarter of 2026.
MB-109 (Combination of MB-101 CAR T Therapy with MB-108 Oncolytic Virus Therapy for Malignant Brain Tumors)
In October 2023, we received a safe-to-proceed letter from the FDA for our MB-109 IND application allowing us to initiate a Phase 1, open-label, non-randomized, multicenter study of MB-109 in patients with IL13Rα2+ recurrent GBM and high-grade astrocytoma.
−Removed: In this Phase 1 clinical study, we intend to evaluate the combination of CAR-T cells (MB-101) and the herpes simplex virus type 1 oncolytic virus (MB-108) in patients with IL13Rα2+ high-grade gliomas.
−Removed: The design of this study involves first a lead-in cohort, wherein patients are treated with MB-101 alone without prior MB-108 administration.
−Removed: After successful confirmation of the safety profile of MB-101 alone, the study will then investigate increasing doses of intratumorally administered MB-108 followed by dual intratumoral (ICT) and intraventricular (ICV) administration of MB-101.
−Removed: On November 7, 2024, we announced that the FDA granted Orphan Drug Designation to Mustang for MB-108, a herpes simplex virus type 1 (“HSV-1”) oncolytic virus, for the treatment of malignant glioma.
−Removed: The Orphan Drug Designation provides certain incentives, such as tax
−Removed: credits toward the cost of clinical trials upon approval and prescription drug user fee waivers.
+Added: The Phase 1 clinical study under that IND would evaluate the combination of CAR-T cells (MB-101) and the herpes simplex virus type 1 oncolytic virus (MB-108) in patients with IL13Rα2+ high-grade gliomas.
+Added: The design of this study involves first a lead-in cohort, wherein patients would be treated with MB-101 alone without prior MB-108 administration.
+Added: After successful confirmation of the safety profile of MB-101 alone, the study would then investigate increasing doses of intratumorally administered MB-108 followed by dual intratumoral (ICT) and intraventricular (ICV) administration of MB-101.
+Added: On November 7, 2024, we announced that the FDA granted Orphan Drug Designation to Mustang for MB-108, an HSV-1 oncolytic virus, for the treatment of malignant glioma.
+Added: On July 7, 2025, we announced that the FDA granted Orphan Drug Designation to us for MB-101, IL13Rα2-targeted CAR T-cells, for the treatment of recurrent diffuse and anaplastic astrocytoma (astrocytomas) and glioblastoma.
+Added: The Orphan Drug Designation provides certain incentives, such as tax credits toward the cost of clinical trials upon approval and prescription drug user fee waivers.
If a product receives Orphan Drug Status from the FDA, that product is entitled to seven years of market exclusivity for the disease in which it has Orphan Drug Designation, which is independent from intellectual property protection.
−Removed: We are currently exploring with COH and Nationwide the possibility of conducting an investigator-sponsored single-institution trial under the COH IND to treat patients with IL13Rα2+ recurrent GBM and high-grade astrocytoma with MB-109 that could potentially be initiated in the fourth quarter of 2025.
+Added: We are currently exploring with COH and Nationwide the possibility of conducting an investigator-sponsored single-institution trial under the COH IND to treat patients with IL13Rα2+ recurrent GBM and high-grade astrocytoma with MB-109 that could potentially be initiated in the second quarter of 2026.
Because cell processing for MB-101 will revert back to COH – where the product continues to be manufactured today for other investigator-sponsored clinical trials being conducted by COH in malignant brain tumors (NCT04003649, NCT04661384, NCT04510051), we believe that it is reasonable to assume that the FDA will not require the aforementioned lead-in cohort.
Should this, indeed, be the case, the first patient enrolled will receive the combination of MB-101 and MB-108, which will represent a considerable savings of time and money – as well as afford the potential benefit of both therapies to every patient treated on study.
−Removed: MB-106 (CD20-targeted CAR T cell therapy for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Autoimmune Diseases)
−Removed: In the first quarter of 2024, we completed a successful End-of-Phase 1 meeting with the FDA regarding a potential pivotal Phase 2 single-arm clinical trial for the treatment of WM.
−Removed: Per the discussions, the FDA agreed with the proposed overall design of the pivotal trial for Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (“WM”) at the recommended dose of 1 x 10 7 CAR-T cells/kg and requested only minimal modifications to the study protocol.
−Removed: No additional nonclinical studies are expected prior to Phase 2 or a Biologics License Application (“BLA”) filing, although the need for additional nonclinical studies after completion of Phase 2 and prior to submission of a BLA is subject to discussions with FDA.
−Removed: Due to limited resources, and as a result of the reduction in work force described below, we do not expect to initiate our pivotal Phase 2 single-arm clinical trial of MB-106 for the treatment of WM trial in 2025.
−Removed: Subject to available funds, we intend to rely on third party service providers to conduct study and manufacturing services to advance our priority potential product candidates.
−Removed: Also in the first quarter of 2024, we completed enrollment of the indolent lymphoma arm in our multicenter Phase 1 trial.
−Removed: The tenth and final patient enrolled on that arm was a patient with follicular lymphoma (FL) who achieved a complete response following treatment with 1 x 10 7 CAR-T cells/kg.
−Removed: As a result, the overall complete response rate for FL in the Phase 1 portion of this trial was sustained at 100% (N=6), with no occurrence of cytokine release syndrome (“CRS”) above grade 1 and no immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (“ICANS”) of any grade, despite not using prophylactic tocilizumab or dexamethasone.
−Removed: In March 2024, we announced plans to collaborate with Fred Hutch for a proof-of-concept Phase 1 investigator-sponsored clinical trial evaluating MB-106 in autoimmune diseases.
−Removed: In March 2024, we were granted the Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (“RMAT”) designation by the FDA for the treatment of relapsed or refractory CD20 positive WM and FL, based on potential improvement in response as seen in clinical data to date.
−Removed: Drugs eligible for RMAT designation are those intended to treat, modify, reverse or cure a serious or life-threatening disease or condition, and that present preliminary clinical evidence indicating the drug has the potential to address unmet medical needs for such disease or condition.
−Removed: RMAT designation provides regenerative medicine advanced therapy products with the same benefits to expedite the development and review of a marketing application that are available to drugs that receive Breakthrough Therapy Designation.
−Removed: These advantages include timely advice and interactive communications with FDA, as well as proactive and collaborative involvement by senior FDA managers and experienced review and regulatory health project management staff.
−Removed: A product designated as an RMAT also may be eligible for other FDA-expedited programs, such as Priority Review.
−Removed: The FDA also may conduct a rolling review of products in its expedited programs, reviewing portions of a marketing application before the complete application is submitted.
−Removed: In June 2024, we announced that updated data for MB-106 in the Phase 1/2 Fred Hutch investigator-sponsored trial showed a favorable safety and efficacy profile in 10 patients with WM.
−Removed: There was an overall response rate (“ORR”) of 90% with durable responses observed, including three complete responses (“CR”), two very good partial responses (“VGPR”), and four partial responses (“PR”).
−Removed: One of the patients who achieved a CR remained in remission for 31 months, with an immunoglobulin M (IgM) level that decreased rapidly to the normal range after treatment with MB-106 and remained normal since.
−Removed: Patients had a median of nine prior lines of therapy, and only one patient started additional anti-WM treatment after being treated with MB-106.
−Removed: From a safety perspective, CRS occurred in nine patients:
−Removed: five patients with grade 1 and four patients with grade 2.
−Removed: One patient experienced grade 1 ICANS.
−Removed: No grade 3 or 4 CRS or grade 2, 3 or 4 ICANS was observed, despite dose escalation.
−Removed: In May 2024, we informed the clinical sites participating in the Mustang-sponsored Phase 1/2 study in non-Hodgkin lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, MB106-CD20-001, that we had decided to close the trial.
−Removed: In June 2024, we similarly informed the clinical sites participating in the Mustang-sponsored Long-term Follow-up Study in Patients Previously Treated with Mustang Bio, Inc.
−Removed: CAR-T Cell Investigational Products, MB100-OBS-001, that we had decided to close that trial.
−Removed: As a result, further clinical development of MB-106 is
−Removed: currently focused solely on autoimmune diseases unless funding and resources become available to restart the program for hematologic malignancies.
−Removed: Planning for the aforementioned Phase 1 investigator-sponsored clinical trial in autoimmune diseases is in progress, with initiation of the trial planned for 2025.
To date, we have not received approval for the sale of any of our product candidates in any market and, therefore, have not generated any product sales from our product candidates.
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THERAPEUTIC PIPELINE
−Removed: Therapies for Oncology and Hematologic Malignancies
Combination MB-101(IL13Rα2 CAR T Cell Program for Glioblastoma) and MB-108 (HSV-1 oncolytic virus C134) as a Potential Treatment for IL13Rα2+ Relapsed or Refractory Glioblastoma (GBM) and High-Grade Astrocytoma.
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These preclinical studies aimed to provide a deeper understanding of this combination approach to support the potential benefit of a combination study that will evaluate HSV-1 OV (MB-108) and IL13Rα2-directed CAR-T cells (MB-101).
−Removed: In October 2023, we received a safe-to-proceed “approval” from the FDA for our MB-109 IND application allowing us to initiate a Phase 1, open-label, non-randomized, multicenter study of MB-109 in patients with IL13Rα2+ recurrent GBM and high-grade astrocytoma.
+Added: In October 2023, we received a safe-to-proceed letter from the FDA for our MB-109 IND application allowing us to initiate a Phase 1, open-label, non-randomized, multicenter study of MB-109 in patients with IL13Rα2+ recurrent GBM and high-grade astrocytoma.
In this Phase 1 clinical study, we intend to evaluate the combination of CAR-T cells (MB-101) and the herpes simplex virus type 1 oncolytic virus (MB-108) in patients with IL13Rα2+ high-grade gliomas.
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After successful evaluation of the safety profile of MB-101 alone, the study will then investigate increasing doses of intratumorally administered MB-108 followed by dual intratumoral (ICT) and intraventricular (ICV) administration of MB-101.
−Removed: We are currently exploring with COH and Nationwide the possibility of conducting an investigator-sponsored single-institution trial under the COH IND to treat patients with IL13Ra2+ recurrent GBM and high-grade astrocytoma with MB-109 that could potentially be initiated in the fourth quarter of 2025.
−Removed: On November 7, 2024, we announced that the FDA granted Orphan Drug Designation to Mustang for MB-108, a herpes simplex virus type 1 (“HSV-1”) oncolytic virus, for the treatment of malignant glioma.
−Removed: The Orphan Drug Designation provides certain incentives, such as tax credits toward the cost of clinical trials upon approval and prescription drug user fee waivers.
+Added: We are currently exploring with COH and Nationwide the possibility of conducting an investigator-sponsored single-institution trial under the COH IND to treat patients with IL13Ra2+ recurrent GBM and high-grade astrocytoma with MB-109 that could potentially be initiated in the second quarter of 2026.
+Added: On November 7, 2024, we announced that the FDA granted Orphan Drug Designation to Mustang for MB-108, an HSV-1 oncolytic virus, for the treatment of malignant glioma.
+Added: On July 7, 2025, we announced that the FDA granted Orphan Drug Designation to us for MB-101, IL13Rα2-targeted CAR T-cells, for the treatment of recurrent diffuse and anaplastic astrocytoma (astrocytomas) and glioblastoma.
+Added: The Orphan Drug Designation provides certain incentives, such as tax credits toward the cost of clinical trials upon approval and prescription
+Added: drug user fee waivers.
If a product receives Orphan Drug Status from the FDA, that product is entitled to seven years of market exclusivity for the disease in which it has Orphan Drug designation, which is independent from intellectual property protection.
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While GBM is a rare disease, with only 3.3 cases per 100,000 persons per year in the U.S., it is quite lethal, with a median survival of only 12-15 months.
−Removed: Standard of care therapy for patients less than 70 years of age consists of maximal surgical resection, radiation, chemotherapy with temozolomide, and alternating electric field therapy.
−Removed: This front-line regimen has remained relatively unchanged for the last 20 years due to the failure of novel therapies to improve survival, and there is no standard of care whatsoever for recurrent GBM.
+Added: Standard of care therapy for patients less than 70 years of age consists of maximal surgical resection, radiation, chemotherapy with temozolomide, and alternating electric field therapy (“tumor treating fields”).
+Added: Since the approval of temozolomide for frontline GBM treatment in 2005, tumor treating fields is the only novel therapy that has improved survival in this indication, and there is no standard of care whatsoever for recurrent GBM.
Immunotherapy approaches targeting brain tumors offer promise over conventional treatments.
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Based on experiments with CAR-Ts in mouse xenograft models of GBM, these CAR-modified T CM and T N/MEM cells have been shown to be more potent and persistent than earlier generations of CAR-T cells.
−Removed: Our academic partners at COH have recently completed the treatment phase of their Phase 1 study, which was designed to assess the feasibility and safety of using T CM or T N/MEM enriched IL13Rα2-specific CAR-engineered T cells for clinical study participants with IL13Rα2 recurrent/refractory malignant glioma (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
+Added: Our academic partners at COH have completed the treatment phase of their Phase 1 study, which was designed to assess the feasibility and safety of using T CM or T N/MEM enriched IL13Rα2-specific CAR-engineered T cells for clinical study participants with IL13Rα2 recurrent/refractory malignant glioma (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT02208362).
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In March 2024, results from this study were published in Nature Medicine .
−Removed: Preliminary data indicated that the CAR-T cells were well tolerated, and no dose-limiting toxicities were observed in any of the study arms nor where there any occurrences of CRS or treatment-related deaths.
+Added: Preliminary data indicated that the CAR-T cells were well tolerated, and no dose-limiting toxicities were observed in any of the study arms nor where there any occurrences of cytokine release syndrome or treatment-related deaths.
Of the 58 patients evaluable for disease response, 50% achieved stable disease (SD) or better;
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2016;375:2561-9).
−Removed: As described in the paper, this patient diagnosed with recurrent multifocal glioblastoma received multiple infusions of IL13Rα2-specific CAR-T cells over 220 days through two intracranial delivery routes – infusions into the resected tumor cavity followed by infusions into the ventricular system.
−Removed: Intracranial infusions of IL13Rα2-targeted CAR-T cells were not associated with any toxic effects of grade 3 or higher.
+Added: As described in the paper, this patient with recurrent multifocal glioblastoma received multiple infusions of IL13Rα2-specific CAR-T cells over 220 days through two intracranial delivery routes – infusions into the resected tumor cavity followed by infusions into the ventricular system.
+Added: These intracranial infusions of IL13Rα2-targeted CAR-T cells were not associated with any toxic effects of grade 3 or higher.
After CAR-T cell treatment, regression of all intracranial and spinal tumors was observed, along with corresponding increases in levels of cytokines and immune cells in the cerebrospinal fluid.
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NCT04003649) sponsored by COH;
−Removed: MB-101 in treating patients with recurrent or refractory glioblastoma with a substantial component of leptomeningeal disease (currently enrolling patients;
+Added: MB-101 in treating patients with recurrent or refractory glioblastoma with a substantial component of leptomeningeal disease (active, not recruiting;
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
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We refer to this combination therapy as MB-109, and we are currently exploring with COH and Nationwide the possibility of conducting a Phase 1 trial with this therapy to treat patients with these poor-prognosis malignant brain tumors.
−Removed: This trial would be an investigator-sponsored single-institution trial under the COH IND and could potentially be initiated in the fourth quarter of 2025
+Added: This trial would be an investigator-sponsored single-institution trial under the COH IND and could potentially be initiated in the second quarter of 2026
MB-108 (HSV-1 oncolytic virus C134)
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Secondary objectives are to obtain preliminary information about the potential benefit of MB-108 in the treatment of patients with recurrent malignant gliomas, including relevant data on markers of efficacy, including time to tumor progression and patient survival.
−Removed: Results from this trial were used to determine the dose of MB-108 approved by the FDA for combination with MB-101 in the treatment of patients with IL13Rα2+ recurrent GBM and high-grade astrocytoma under the originally proposed Mustang IND multicenter trial.
+Added: Results from this trial were used to determine the dose of MB-108 approved by the FDA for (1) combination with MB-101 in the treatment of patients with IL13Rα2+ recurrent GBM and high-grade astrocytoma under the originally proposed Mustang IND multicenter trial and (2) administration as a single agent in a UAB-sponsored Phase 1B 2-dose trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
+Added: active, not recruiting).
We believe that the same doses of both therapies will be appropriate for the Phase 1 investigator-sponsored single-institution combination trial currently under discussion with COH and Nationwide.
−Removed: Also listed on ClinicalTrials.gov are two additional Phase 1 trials at UAB involving MB-108 administered as a single agent to patients with recurrent malignant glioma:
−Removed: (1) a trial designed to determine safety and tolerability of administering a second dose of MB-108 to patients who previously completed the aforementioned first-in-human 19-patient Phase 1 trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
−Removed: enrolling by invitation) and (2) a trial that contemplates two treatments of 1 x 10 5 plaque forming units (PFU) each, with the timing and qualification for the second treatment outlined in detail by the protocol (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
−Removed: not yet recruiting)..
−Removed: MB-106 (CD20 CAR T for B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and autoimmune diseases)
−Removed: We believe CD20 is a promising target for immunotherapy of B-cell malignancies.
−Removed: CD20 is a B-cell lineage-specific phosphoprotein that is expressed in high, homogeneous density on the surface of more than 95% of B-cell NHL and CLL.
−Removed: CD20 is stable on the cell surface with minimal shedding, internalization, or modulation upon antibody binding and is present at only nanomolar levels as a soluble antigen.
−Removed: It is well established as an effective immunotherapy target, with extensive studies demonstrating improved tumor responses and survival of B-NHL patients treated with rituximab and other anti-CD20 antibodies.
−Removed: Importantly, CD20 continues to be expressed on the lymphoma cells of most patients with relapsed B-NHL despite repetitive rituximab treatments, and loss of CD20 expression is not a major contributor to treatment resistance.
−Removed: Thus, there is strong rationale for testing CD20 CAR T cells as an immunotherapy for NHL.
−Removed: Under their IND, Fred Hutch is currently conducting a Phase 1/2 clinical study to evaluate the anti-tumor activity and safety of administering CD20-directed third-generation CAR T cells incorporating both 4-1BB and CD28 co-stimulatory signaling domains (MB-106) to patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell NHL or CLL (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
−Removed: NCT03277729).
−Removed: Secondary endpoints of this study include safety and toxicity, preliminary antitumor activity as measured by overall response rate and complete remission rate, progression-free survival, and overall survival.
−Removed: The study is also assessing CAR T cell persistence and the potential immunogenicity of the cells.
−Removed: Finally, this study was designed so that, together with Fred Hutch, we could determine a recommended Phase 2 dose.
−Removed: Fred Hutch intends to enroll approximately 50 subjects in this study, which is being led by the Principal Investigator Mazyar Shadman, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Fred Hutch’s Clinical Research Division.
−Removed: The Fred Hutch IND was amended in 2019 to incorporate an optimized manufacturing process that had been developed in collaboration with us.
−Removed: In May 2021, we announced that the FDA issued a safe to proceed letter for our IND application allowing for initiation of a multi-center Phase 1/2 clinical study of MB-106 in patients with relapsed or refractory B cell NHL or CLL (Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier:
−Removed: NCT05360238).
−Removed: In August 2022, the first patient was treated in our study.
−Removed: In November 2021, Mustang was awarded a grant of approximately $2.0 million from NCI of the National Institutes of Health.
−Removed: This two-year award partially funded the Mustang-sponsored multicenter trial to assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of MB-106.
−Removed: In August 2023, we fully utilized the grant.
−Removed: In June 2022, MB-106 received Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (“WM”).
−Removed: In December 2023, Mustang presented preliminary clinical data for the indolent lymphoma patients treated in the ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical study at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting.
−Removed: All 9 patients responded clinically to treatment;
−Removed: the observed overall response rate was 100%.
−Removed: All 5 follicular lymphoma patients achieved a complete response.
−Removed: Among the WN patients 1 patient attained a very good partial response, and 2 patients attained a partial response.
−Removed: The single patient with a hairy cell leukemia variant experienced stable disease.
−Removed: The safety profile demonstrated that MB-106 was well tolerated with no occurrences of CRS above grade 1, and no ICANS of any grade was reported.
−Removed: Cell expansion and persistence were also demonstrated.
−Removed: In the first quarter of 2024, we completed a successful End-of-Phase 1 meeting with the FDA regarding a potential pivotal Phase 2 single-arm clinical trial for the treatment of WM.
−Removed: Per the discussions, the FDA agreed with the proposed overall design of the pivotal trial for WM at the recommended dose of 1 x 10 7 CAR-T cells/kg and requested only minimal modifications to the study protocol.
−Removed: No additional nonclinical studies are expected prior to Phase 2 or a Biologics License Application (“BLA”) filing, although the need for additional nonclinical studies after completion of Phase 2 and prior to submission of a BLA is subject to discussions with FDA.
−Removed: Due to limited resources, and as a result of the reduction in work force described below, we do not expect to initiate our pivotal Phase 2 single-arm clinical trial of MB-106 for the treatment of WM trial in 2025.
−Removed: Subject to available funds, we intend to rely on third party service providers to conduct study and manufacturing services to advance our priority potential product candidates.
−Removed: Also in the first quarter of 2024, we completed enrollment of the indolent lymphoma arm in our multicenter Phase 1 trial.
−Removed: The tenth and final patient enrolled on that arm was a patient with follicular lymphoma (FL) who achieved a complete response following treatment with 1 x 10 7 CAR-T cells/kg.
−Removed: As a result, the overall complete response rate for FL in the Phase 1 portion of this trial was sustained at 100% (N=6), with no occurrence of CRS above grade 1 and no ICANS of any grade, despite not using prophylactic tocilizumab or dexamethasone.
−Removed: In March 2024, we announced plans to collaborate with Fred Hutch for a proof-of-concept Phase 1 investigator-sponsored clinical trial evaluating MB-106 in autoimmune diseases.
−Removed: In March 2024, we were granted the Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (“RMAT”) designation by the FDA for the treatment of relapsed or refractory CD20 positive WM and FL, based on potential improvement in response as seen in clinical data to date.
−Removed: Drugs eligible for RMAT designation are those intended to treat, modify, reverse or cure a serious or life-threatening disease or condition, and that present preliminary clinical evidence indicating the drug has the potential to address unmet medical needs for such disease or condition.
−Removed: RMAT designation provides regenerative medicine advanced therapy products with the same benefits to expedite the development and review of a marketing application that are available to drugs that receive Breakthrough Therapy Designation.
−Removed: In June 2024, we announced that updated data for MB-106 in the Phase 1/2 Fred Hutch investigator-sponsored trial showed a favorable safety and efficacy profile in 10 patients with WM.
−Removed: There was an overall response rate (“ORR”) of 90% with durable responses observed, including three complete responses (“CR”), two very good partial responses (“VGPR”), and four partial responses (“PR”).
−Removed: One of the patients
−Removed: who achieved a CR remained in remission for 31 months, with an immunoglobulin M (IgM) level that decreased rapidly to the normal range after treatment with MB-106 and remained normal since.
−Removed: Patients had a median of nine prior lines of therapy, and only one patient started additional anti-WM treatment after being treated with MB-106.
−Removed: From a safety perspective, CRS occurred in nine patients:
−Removed: five patients with grade 1 and four patients with grade 2.
−Removed: One patient experienced grade 1 ICANS.
−Removed: No grade 3 or 4 CRS or grade 2, 3 or 4 ICANS was observed, despite dose escalation.
−Removed: In May 2024, we informed the clinical sites participating in the Mustang-sponsored Phase 1/2 study in non-Hodgkin lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, MB106-CD20-001, that we had decided to close the trial.
−Removed: In June 2024, we similarly informed the clinical sites participating in the Mustang-sponsored Long-term Follow-up Study in Patients Previously Treated with Mustang Bio, Inc.
−Removed: CAR-T Cell Investigational Products, MB100-OBS-001, that we had decided to close that trial.
−Removed: As a result, further clinical development of MB-106 is currently focused solely on autoimmune diseases unless funding and resources become available to restart the program for hematologic malignancies.
−Removed: Planning for the aforementioned Phase 1 investigator-sponsored clinical trial in autoimmune diseases is in progress, with initiation anticipated in the fourth quarter of 2025.
−Removed: Terminated Product Candidates (CAR-T Therapies, Gene Therapies and in vivo CAR-T)
−Removed: We previously developed four additional CAR-T product candidates licensed from City of Hope, which included MB-102 (CD123), MB-103 (HER2), MB-104 (CS1) and MB-105 (PSCA) programs.
−Removed: In May 2023, we announced a series of changes resulting from a review of our portfolio of product candidates to determine the future strategy of our programs and the proper allocation of our resources.
−Removed: Following this review, we determined to discontinue development of these four programs and terminated the associated license agreements.
−Removed: In addition, we previously developed several gene therapy product candidates, which included MB-117 and MB-217 (based on technologies licensed from St.
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−Removed: Jude”)) and MB-110 (based on technologies licensed from Leiden University Medical Centre (“LUMC”)).
−Removed: In April 2024, we entered into a termination and release agreement with St.
−Removed: Jude, pursuant to which we agreed to terminate the license agreement underpinning the MB-117 and MB-217 product candidates in exchange for a mutual release of liability and forgiveness by St.
−Removed: Jude of all amounts previously owing to them.
−Removed: Also in April 2024, we delivered a termination notice to LUMC pursuant to which we terminated the license agreement underpinning the MB-110 product candidate;
−Removed: we are currently in discussions with LUMC regarding the terms that will govern such termination.
−Removed: In June 2024, we also agreed with Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (“Mayo Clinic”) to terminate the license agreement underpinning our (now former) preclinical in vivo CAR-T program, together with a related sponsored research agreement, in exchange for a mutual release of liability and forgiveness by Mayo Clinic of all amounts previously owed to them.
+Added: Also listed on ClinicalTrials.gov is a Phase 1 trial at UAB (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
+Added: NCT06193174) designed to determine the safety and tolerability of administering a second dose of MB-108 to patients who previously received a first dose of study drug on the aforementioned first-in-human 19-patient Phase 1 trial, NCT03657576.
+Added: This trial is enrolling by invitation only.
+Added: Terminated Product Candidate (CAR-T Therapy)
+Added: In September 2025, we received notice from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (“Fred Hutch”) of its intent to terminate the CD20 License for cause in connection with unpaid patent expenses and maintenance fees.
+Added: A 90-day cure period was applicable under the CD20 License.
+Added: In December 2025, we agreed to terminate the CD20 License with Fred Hutch in exchange for a mutual release of liability and forgiveness of approximately fifty percent of amounts previously owed to them.
+Added: Additionally, we are eligible to receive royalties on any subsequent licensing consideration Fred Hutch may enter into during the three-year period following the termination.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND PATENTS
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and in other countries.
−Removed: Our policy is to actively seek to obtain, where appropriate, the broad intellectual property protection for our product candidates, proprietary information and proprietary technology through a combination of contractual arrangements and patents, both in the U.S.
+Added: Our policy is to actively seek to obtain, where appropriate, the broadest intellectual property protection for our product candidates,
+Added: proprietary information and proprietary technology through a combination of contractual arrangements and patents, both in the U.S.
and elsewhere in the world.
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Litigation would not only involve substantial costs but would also involve substantial time commitments on the part of our key executives and research and development personnel.
−Removed: In March 2015, we licensed intellectual property related to CAR T technology from COH.
−Removed: In May 2023, we announced a series of changes resulting from a review of our portfolio of product candidates to determine the future strategy of our programs and the proper allocation of our resources.
−Removed: Following this review, we determined to discontinue development of our MB-102 (CD123), MB-103 (HER2), MB-104 (CS1) and MB-105 (PSCA) programs and terminated the associated license agreements.
−Removed: The portfolio of rights licensed from COH now includes patents and applications directed to CARs targeting IL13Rα2, as well as rights related to modified CAR hinge regions, methods of preparing CAR T cells in particular subpopulations of cells and methods of administering CAR T cells.
−Removed: The intellectual property licensed thereunder relating to IL13Rα2-targeting CARs includes granted patents in the U.S., Australia, China, Europe, Russia, Japan, Hong Kong, Israel, and Mexico, and this patent family further includes pending applications in the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, South Korea, Russia, Japan, Israel, Mexico, and New Zealand.
+Added: In March 2015, we licensed intellectual property related to CAR T technology from City of Hope (“COH”).
+Added: The portfolio of rights licensed from COH includes patents and applications directed to CARs targeting IL13Rα2, as well as rights related to modified CAR hinge regions, methods of preparing CAR T cells in particular subpopulations of cells and methods of administering CAR T cells.
+Added: The intellectual property licensed thereunder relating to IL13Rα2-targeting CARs includes granted patents in the U.S.
+Added: and China, and this patent family further includes a pending application in the U.S.
Any patents issuing from the IL13Rα2-targeting CAR will expire no sooner than 2035.
−Removed: The licensed intellectual property relating to relating modified CAR hinge regions includes issues patents in China, Europe, and Japan, as well as pending applications in the U.S., Australia, China, and Europe.
+Added: The licensed intellectual property relating to modified CAR hinge regions includes an issued patent in China, as well as pending applications in the U.S.
The patents issuing from the modified CAR hinge region family will expire no sooner than 2034.
−Removed: The licensed intellectual property relating to relating to method of preparing or administering CAR T cells includes issues patents in China, Europe, and Japan, as well as pending applications in the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, Israel, Mexico, Russia, and New Zealand.
−Removed: The patents relating to these technologies will expire no sooner than 2035 or, in the case of the administration methods, 2036.
+Added: The licensed intellectual property relating to relating to methods of preparing or administering CAR T cells includes issued patents in China and the U.S., as well as pending applications in the U.S.
+Added: The patents relating to the administration methods will expire no sooner than 2037.
+Added: The licensed intellectual property relating to methods of preparing CAR T cells in particular subpopulations of cells include issued patents in Japan and the U.S., as well as pending applications in the U.S., Australia, Canada, Europe, and China.
+Added: The patents relating to these manufacturing methods will expire no sooner than 2036.
Also, in March 2015, we executed a sponsored research agreement with COH, pursuant to which research is performed in the laboratory of Drs.
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The sponsored research agreement gives us the right to first negotiation under specified maximum terms regarding any future inventions arising from the laboratory.
−Removed: In May 2017, we licensed intellectual property related to CAR T technology for targeting CD20 from Fred Hutch.
−Removed: The intellectual property includes an international application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (i.e., a PCT application), which has now matured into several issued patents, including issued patents in the U.S.
−Removed: and Europe, as well as pending applications in the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, and Russia.
−Removed: These applications contain claims relating to various CD20-targeting CAR constructs and CAR T cells, as well as methods of making and using the same.
−Removed: The national stage applications claiming priority to the PCT application were filed in May 2018 in order to begin substantive examination of the claims.
−Removed: Patents maturing from these national stage applications will expire no sooner than March 2037.
In February 2019, we licensed material and technical information related to the HSV-1 oncolytic virus C134 from Nationwide in Columbus, Ohio.
In addition to the technology we have in-licensed, we have also developed our own proprietary intellectual property, both alone and in conjunction with COH.
−Removed: In particular, we own pending applications in the U.S.
−Removed: and Europe directed to methods for manufacturing cell-based therapeutics, and pending PCT applications, and applications in the U.S.
−Removed: and Taiwan, relating to anti-idiotype antibodies.
−Removed: We and COH also own, as co-applicants, pending PCT applications, and applications in the U.S.
−Removed: and Taiwan, directed to methods of treating hematological cancers with a combination therapy.
+Added: In particular, we and COH own, as co-applicants, a pending U.S.
+Added: application directed to methods of treating glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) with a combination therapy of a CAR targeting IL13Rα2 and an oncolytic virus.
Other Intellectual Property Rights
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In February 2017, we and COH amended and restated our license agreement, dated March 17, 2015 (the “Original COH Agreement”), by entering into three separate amended and restated exclusive license agreements, one relating to the CD123-directed CAR T program, one relating to the IL13Rα2-directed CAR T program, and one relating to the Spacer technology (described below).
−Removed: As of March 2025, COH owns 845,385 shares of our Class A common stock, which are convertible into 1,127 shares of Common Stock, and has the right to appoint a member to our Board of Directors (the “Board”) until the tenth anniversary, March 15, 2025.
+Added: As of March 2026, COH owns 845,385 shares of our Class A common stock, which are convertible into 1,127 shares of Common Stock.
+Added: The Class A Common Stock had the right to appoint a member to our Board of Directors (the “Board”) until March 15, 2025.
In addition, we entered into a sponsored research agreement with COH under which we have funded continued research in the amount of $2.0 million per year, payable in four equal installments, which ended in the first quarter of 2020.
The research covered under this arrangement was for the IL13Rα2-directed CAR T program, the CD123-directed CAR T program, and the Spacer technology.
−Removed: In May 2023, we announced a series of changes resulting from a review of our portfolio of product candidates to determine the future strategy of our programs and the proper allocation of our resources.
−Removed: Following this review, we determined to discontinue development of the four CAR-T Therapies licensed from City of Hope listed above under “Terminated Product Candidates.”
IL13Rα2 License
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In February 2017, we entered into a Clinical Research Support Agreement for the IL13Rα2-directed CAR T program (the “IL13Rα2 GBM CRA”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the terms of the IL13Rα2 CRA, we made an upfront payment of approximately $9,000 and will contribute an additional $140,000 per patient in connection with the on-going investigator-initiated study.
−Removed: Further, we agreed to fund approximately $66,000 annually pertaining to the clinical development of the IL13Rα2-directed CAR T therapy (also known as MB-101).
+Added: Pursuant to the terms of the IL13Rα2 CRA, we made an upfront payment of approximately $9,000 and expected to contribute an additional $140,000 per patient in connection with the aforementioned Phase 1 trial of the IL13Rα2-directed CAR T therapy (also known as MB-101) to treat recurrent/refractory malignant glioma (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
+Added: NCT02208362).
+Added: Further, we agreed to fund approximately $66,000 annually pertaining to the clinical development of MB-101.
IL13Rα2 CRA (Leptomeningeal Glioblastoma)
In October 2020, we entered into a Clinical Research Support Agreement for the IL13Rα2-directed CAR T program for adult patients with leptomeningeal glioblastoma, ependymoma or medulloblastoma (the “IL13Rα2 Leptomeningeal CRA”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the terms of the IL13Rα2 Leptomeningeal CRA, we made an upfront payment of approximately $29,000 and will contribute an additional $150,000 per patient in connection with the on-going investigator-initiated study.
+Added: Pursuant to the terms of the IL13Rα2 Leptomeningeal CRA, we made an upfront payment of approximately $29,000 and expected to contribute an additional $150,000 per patient in connection with the investigator-initiated study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
+Added: NCT04661384).
Further, we agreed to fund approximately $200,000 annually pertaining to the clinical development of the IL13Rα2-directed CAR T therapy.
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Royalty payments in the low-single digits are due on net sales of licensed products.
−Removed: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
−Removed: CD20 Technology License
−Removed: Effective July 3, 2017, we entered into an exclusive, worldwide licensing agreement with Fred Hutch for the use of a CAR T therapy related to autologous T cells engineered to express a CD20-specific CAR (the “CD20 Technology License”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the CD20 Technology License, we paid Fred Hutch an upfront fee of $0.3 million and owes an annual maintenance fee of $50,000 on each anniversary of the license until our achievement of regulatory approval of a licensed product using the CD20 Technology.
−Removed: Additional payments are due for the achievement of development milestones totaling $39.1 million.
−Removed: Royalty payments in the mid-single digits are due on net sales of licensed products.
−Removed: CD20 CTA (NHL and CLL)
−Removed: Also, on July 3, 2017, in conjunction with the CD20 Technology License from Fred Hutch, we entered into an investigator-initiated clinical trial agreement (the “CD20 CTA”) to provide partial funding for a Phase 1/2 clinical trial at Fred Hutch evaluating the safety and efficacy of the CD20 Technology in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas (“NHLs”).
−Removed: In connection with the CD20 CTA, we agreed to fund up to $5.3 million of costs associated with the clinical trial, which commenced during the fourth quarter of 2017.
−Removed: In November 2020, the CD20 CTA was amended to include additional funding of approximately $1.8 million, and in January 2022, the CTA was amended to increase funding by approximately $2.2 million for the treatment of additional patients.
Nationwide Children’s Hospital License
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Some of these potential competing drugs are further advanced in development than our product candidates and may be commercialized earlier.
−Removed: The field of CAR T therapy is extremely active.
−Removed: Companies and partnerships currently engaged in clinical trials with CAR T modalities include Bristol Myers Squibb, Novartis, AstraZeneca, Janssen Pharmaceutical Company, Legend Biotech, Gilead Sciences, Arcellx, Galapagos NV, Autolus Therapeutics, 2seventy bio, Kyverna Therapeutics, ImmPACT Bio, TG Therapeutics, and Cabaletta Bio.
+Added: The field of cellular therapy – including CAR T and CAR NK cell therapies – for the treatment of cancer is extremely active.
+Added: We are aware of at least two companies currently engaged in clinical trials with cellular therapy for the treatment of glioblastoma and/or high-grade astrocytoma, including:
+Added: Gilead Sciences and ImmunityBio, Inc.
+Added: At the present time, academic medical centers still dominate the field of cellular therapies to treat these high-grade gliomas, with the following institutions known to be developing early clinical-stage programs that have not yet been partnered with industry:
+Added: University of Pennsylvania, City of Hope (which is developing CAR-T therapies to treat glioblastoma in addition to MB-101), Massachusetts General Hospital, University of California at San Francisco, Stanford University, and University College London.
As of December 31, 2025, we had 4 full-time employees.
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SUPPLY AND MANUFACTURING
−Removed: As an early-stage development company, we rely on our research partners to manufacture or have manufactured all LV vectors used in the clinical development programs currently in progress at COH and Fred Hutch under the IND applications filed by these institutions.
−Removed: In addition, we rely on the NIH to produce oncolytic virus for the aforementioned UAB Phase 1 trials of Nationwide’s herpes simplex virus type 1 oncolytic virus (MB-108), and potentially as well for the Phase 1 investigator-sponsored single-institution MB-109 combination trial currently under discussion with COH and Nationwide.
−Removed: Pursuant to the March 2015 Licensing Agreement with COH, we have the right to make and have made the cellular products, and we have negotiated Investigator-Initiated Clinical Research Support Agreements with COH and Fred Hutch which specify the cell processing costs and numbers of patients which will be supplied under filed protocols.
+Added: As an early-stage development company, we rely on City of Hope to manufacture or have manufactured the lentiviral vector (“LV”) used in the MB-101 clinical development program currently in progress at COH under its IND applications.
+Added: In addition, we rely on the National Institutes of Health (the “NIH”) to produce oncolytic virus for the aforementioned UAB Phase 1 trials of Nationwide’s herpes simplex virus type 1 oncolytic virus (MB-108), and potentially as well for the Phase 1 investigator-sponsored single-institution MB-109 combination trial currently under discussion with COH and Nationwide.
+Added: Pursuant to the March 2015 Licensing Agreement with COH, we have the right to make and have made the cellular products, and we have negotiated Investigator-Initiated Clinical Research Support Agreements with COH which specify the cell processing costs and numbers of patients which will be supplied under filed protocols.
Our research partners have extensive experience manufacturing clinical materials for development studies, but we are currently dependent on both their capacity limitations and continued operating success to manufacture LV vector and to process cells for all CAR T clinical trials for which these partners hold the INDs, as well as to have manufactured oncolytic virus for the MB-108 investigator-IND clinical trial being conducted at UAB.
−Removed: We have limited experience in processing cells for clinical or commercial purposes.
−Removed: In 2018, we opened our own cell processing facility in Worcester, Massachusetts, in order to manufacture and supply cellular product candidates for all clinical trials that would be conducted under IND applications to be filed by us.
−Removed: In May 2023, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Prior Asset Purchase Agreement”) with uBriGene (Boston) Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: (“uBriGene”), pursuant to which we agreed to sell our leasehold interests in our cell processing facility and associated assets relating to the manufacturing and production of cell and gene therapies.
−Removed: On July 28, 2023, we completed the sale of all of our assets relating to our operations primarily relating to the manufacturing and production of cell and gene therapies.
−Removed: In June 2024, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with uBriGene to repurchase the assets, properties and rights previously transferred by the Company to uBriGene under the Prior Asset Purchase Agreement, excluding any inventory transferred under the Prior Asset Purchase Agreement that has been consumed or transferred to a third party by uBriGene since the closing of the Prior Asset Purchase Agreement.
−Removed: Finally, on February 7, 2025, we entered into the First Amendment to the lease agreement with WCS - 377 Plantation Street, Inc., pursuant to which the lease was terminated, which became effective on February 21, 2025.
−Removed: On February 27, 2025, we announced the relocation of our corporate headquarters to 95 Sawyer Road, Waltham, Massachusetts.
−Removed: Going forward, we expect to continue to rely on our academic partners and future contract manufacturing relationships to support cell processing for clinical trials of our CAR T products.
−Removed: Furthermore, we expect to rely on contract manufacturing relationships for LV vectors and for the MB-108 oncolytic virus, as well as for any non-CAR T products that we may in-license or acquire in the future.
+Added: We expect to continue to rely on our academic partners and future contract manufacturing relationships to support cell processing for clinical trials of our CAR T products.
+Added: Furthermore, we expect to rely on contract manufacturing relationships for the MB-101 LV and for the MB-108 oncolytic virus, as well as for any non-CAR T products that we may in-license or acquire in the future.
However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully contract with such manufacturers on terms acceptable to us, or at all.
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The FDA must take certain actions, such as holding timely meetings and providing advice, intended to expedite the development and review of an application for approval of a breakthrough therapy.
−Removed: The FDA may give a priority review designation within 60 days of submission of a BLA or NDA to drugs that offer major advances in treatment or provide a treatment where no adequate therapy exists.
+Added: The FDA may give a priority review designation within 60 days of submission of a biologics license application (“BLA”) or a new drug application (“NDA”) to drugs that offer major advances in treatment or provide a treatment where no adequate therapy exists.
If granted, a priority review means that the goal for the FDA to review an application is six months, rather than the standard review of ten months under current PDUFA guidelines.
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Clinical Trials
−Removed: To support a new drug application (“NDA”) or biologics license application (“BLA”) approval, clinical trials are typically conducted in the following sequential phases:
+Added: To support an NDA or BLA approval, clinical trials are typically conducted in the following sequential phases:
The drug is administered to a small group of humans, either healthy volunteers or patients, for the first time to test for safety, dosage tolerance, absorption, metabolism, excretion and clinical pharmacology.
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● insufficient supply of the product candidates;
−Removed: ● adverse medical events or side effects in treated patients;
+Added: ● adverse events in treated patients;
● ineffectiveness of the product candidates.
In addition, the FDA, or equivalent foreign regulatory authority, or a data safety monitoring committee for a clinical trial may place a clinical trial on hold or terminate it if it concludes that subjects are being exposed to an unacceptable health risk, or for futility.
−Removed: Any drug is likely to produce some toxicity or undesirable side effects in animals and in humans when administered at sufficiently high doses and/or for a sufficiently long period of time.
−Removed: Unacceptable toxicity or side effects may occur at any dose level at any time in the course of studies in animals designed to identify unacceptable effects of a product candidate, known as toxicological studies, or clinical trials of product candidates.
−Removed: The appearance of any unacceptable toxicity or side effect could cause us or regulatory authorities to interrupt, limit, delay or abort the development of any of our product candidates and could ultimately prevent approval by the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities for any or all targeted indications.
+Added: Any drug is likely to produce some toxicity or undesirable adverse events in animals and in humans when administered at sufficiently high doses and/or for a
+Added: sufficiently long period of time.
+Added: Unacceptable toxicity or adverse events may occur at any dose level at any time in the course of studies in animals designed to identify unacceptable effects of a product candidate, known as toxicological studies, or clinical trials of product candidates.
+Added: The appearance of any unacceptable toxicity or adverse events could cause us or regulatory authorities to interrupt, limit, delay or abort the development of any of our product candidates and could ultimately prevent approval by the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities for any or all targeted indications.
Sponsors of drugs may apply for a special protocol assessment (“SPA”) from the FDA for studies intended to form the primary basis of an efficacy claim.
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Drugs whose review was accelerated may carry additional restrictions on marketing activities, including the requirement that all promotional materials are pre-submitted to the FDA.
−Removed: Claims exceeding those contained in the approved labeling will constitute a violation of the FDCA.
+Added: Claims not consistent with the approved labeling will constitute a violation of the FDCA.
Violations of the FDCA or regulatory requirements at any time during the product development process, approval process, or marketing and sale following approval may result in agency enforcement actions, including withdrawal of approval, recall, seizure of products, warning letters, injunctions, fines and/or civil or criminal penalties.
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Non-oncology drugs are exempt from PREA if they were granted an orphan drug designation.
−Removed: The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (“FDASIA”), requires that a sponsor who is planning to submit an NDA or BLA, or a supplement to an approved NDA or BLA, for a new active ingredient, new indication, new dosage form, new dosing regimen or new route of administration submit an initial Pediatric Study Plan (“iPSP”), within 60 days of an end-of-Phase 2 meeting or, if there is no such meeting, as early as practicable before the initiation of the Phase 3 or Phase 2/3 trial.
+Added: The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (“FDASIA”), requires that a sponsor who is planning to submit an NDA or BLA, or a supplement to an approved NDA or BLA, for a new active ingredient, new indication, new dosage form, new dosing regimen or new route of administration submit an initial Pediatric Study Plan (“iPSP”), within 60 days of an end-of-Phase 2 meeting or, if there is no
+Added: such meeting, as early as practicable before the initiation of the Phase 3 or Phase 2/3 trial.
In the event a Phase 3 study is not planned the iPSP must be submitted no later than 210 calendar days before the planed NDA of BLA submission, Oncology products intended to treat adult cancers is also required to submit an iPSP including those products which were granted an orphan drug designation.
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The laws that may affect our ability to operate include:
−Removed: ● The federal Anti-Kickback Statute, which prohibits, among other things, persons from knowingly and willfully soliciting, receiving, offering or paying remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce or reward, or in return for, either (1) the referral of an individual to a person for furnishing any item or service for which payment is available under a federal health care program, or (2) the purchase, lease, order or recommendation thereof of any good, facility, service or item for which payment is available under a federal health care program;
+Added: ● The federal Anti-Kickback Statute, which prohibits, among other things, persons from knowingly and willfully soliciting, receiving, offering or paying remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce or reward, or in return for, either (1) the referral of an individual to a person for furnishing any item or service for which payment is available under a federal health care program,
+Added: or (2) the purchase, lease, order or recommendation thereof of any good, facility, service or item for which payment is available under a federal health care program;
● The False Claims Act and civil monetary penalty laws, which prohibit, among other things, individuals or entities from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, false or fraudulent claims for payment from the federal government or making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement material to a false or fraudulent claim;
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Changes to and under the Affordable Care Act remain possible but it is unknown what form any such changes or any law proposed to replace or revise the Affordable Care Act would take, and how or whether it may affect our business in the future.
−Removed: We expect that changes to the Affordable Care Act, the Medicare and Medicaid programs, changes allowing the federal government to directly negotiate drug prices and changes stemming from other healthcare reform measures, especially with regard to healthcare access, financing or other legislation in individual states, could have a material adverse effect on the healthcare industry.
+Added: We expect that changes to the Affordable Care Act, the Medicare and Medicaid programs, changes allowing the federal government to directly negotiate drug prices and
+Added: changes stemming from other healthcare reform measures, especially with regard to healthcare access, financing or other legislation in individual states, could have a material adverse effect on the healthcare industry.
We also expect that the Affordable Care Act, as well as other healthcare reform measures that have and may be adopted in the future, may result in more rigorous coverage criteria and in additional downward pressure on the price that can be charged for drug products.
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Substantial penalties can be assessed for noncompliance with the drug pricing provisions in the IRA.
+Added: In May 2025, President Trump issued an executive order implementing the concept of most-favored nation pricing.
+Added: Under this order, the U.S.
+Added: Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), in coordination with other federal agencies, is directed to take actions to ensure that the price of prescription drugs paid by federal health insurers, including Medicare and Medicaid, is in line with the prices paid in comparably developed nations.
+Added: As an alternative to the ACA, President Trump recently announced the Great Healthcare Plan.
+Added: As presented, the Great Healthcare Plan is intended to lower drug prices by increasing competition and benchmarking U.S.
+Added: drug prices to other countries, reduce insurance premiums by redirecting subsidies from insurers to individuals, increase accountability and transparency from insurers, and promote consumer choice by giving individuals more direct control over how healthcare dollars are spent.
+Added: Legislative and regulatory action will be required to fully implement the Great Healthcare Plan.
+Added: It is unclear how these proposed changes will impact our business and the pharmaceutical industry in general.
At the state level, legislatures have increasingly passed legislation and implemented regulations designed to control pharmaceutical product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints, discounts, restrictions on certain product access and marketing cost disclosure and transparency measures, and, in some cases, designed to encourage importation from other countries and bulk purchasing.
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In addition, increased Congressional scrutiny of the FDA’s approval process may significantly delay or prevent marketing approval, as well as subject the industry to more stringent product labeling and post-marketing testing and other requirements.
−Removed: It is also unclear what impact any changes made by the new presidential administration will have on the industry.
+Added: It is also unclear what impact any changes made by the U.S.
+Added: government will have on the industry.
Such actions may impact the development and commercialization of drug products.
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