Axicabtagene ciloleucel - Kite Pharma
Alternative Names: Anti-CD19-CAR-lentiviral-vector-transduced-autologous-T-cells-Kite-Pharma; Anti-CD19-CAR-PBL-Kite-Pharma/NCI; Anti-CD19-CAR-T-cell-therapy-Kite-Pharma/NCI; Anti-CD19-CAR-transduced-T-cells-Kite-Pharma/NCI; Anti-CD19-chimeric-antigen-receptor-lentiviral-vector-transduced-autologous-T-cells-Kite-Pharma; Anti-CD19-chimeric-antigen-receptor-peripheral-blood-lymphocytes-Kite-Pharma; Anti-CD19-chimeric-antigen-receptor-T-cells-Kite-Pharma/NCI; Anti-CD19-chimeric-antigen-receptor-transduced-T-cells-Kite-Pharma/NCI; anti-human CD19 CAR-T cell injection; Axi-cel®; Ejilunsai injection; FKC 876; KTE-C19; KTE-C19 CAR; YESCARTA; Yescarta; Yi Kai Da; YIKAIDALatest Information Update: 11 Feb 2026
At a glance
- Originator Cabaret Biotech
- Developer Daiichi Sankyo Inc; Genentech; Gilead Sciences K.K.; H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute; Kite Pharma; Kite Pharma - Fosun Pharma (JV)
- Class Antineoplastics; CAR-T cell therapies; Gene therapies; Immunotherapies
- Mechanism of Action Immunologic cytotoxicity; T lymphocyte replacements
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Orphan Drug Status
Yes - Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Precursor cell lymphoblastic leukaemia-lymphoma; Mantle-cell lymphoma; Follicular lymphoma; B-cell lymphoma
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity No
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed B-cell lymphoma; Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Follicular lymphoma
- Preregistration Marginal zone B-cell lymphoma; Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Phase II Haematological malignancies; Solid tumours
- No development reported Leukaemia
Most Recent Events
- 06 Feb 2026 US FDA updates prescription label of axicabtagene ciloleucel in relapsed or refractory Lymphoma
- 24 Nov 2025 Kite Pharma completes phase II ZUMA-24 clinical trials in Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (Combination therapy, Second-line therapy or greater) in USA (IV) (NCT05459571)
- 12 Jun 2025 Updated efficacy data from the phase III ZUMA-7 trial in Diffuse B-cell large lymphoma presented at the 30th Congress of the European Haematology Association (EHA-2025)