Kite’s senior director and head of medical affairs, Intercontinental Region, Tony Li, talks to Scrip about the company's efforts to enable timely and broad access to Yescarta in Singapore, where wider cancer drug procurement prices have declined following policy changes. A patient is already on course to being prepped for Kite's CAR-T cell therapy.

Gilead aims to launch its key oncology product Trodelvy by 2024 in Japan while building a dedicated business unit for oncology in the firm’s Japanese office. The firm has expanded its exclusive rights for oncology products in APAC.

Kite CEO Christie Shaw said Tmunity brings three advantages: armored CAR-Ts, manufacturing technology and an ongoing research deal with the University of Pennsylvania.

Private Company Edition: The amount of venture capital investment in biopharma companies has shrunk from quarter to quarter, but the average deal size remained high until the third quarter. Larger rounds from Treeline, Odyssey and Neumora offset a plethora of smaller VC financings early in Q4.