Press Releases

Previously reported Phase 1/2 data on WU-CART-007 demonstrated clinically manageable safety and evidence of anti-leukemic activity with an overall response rate of 91% and composite …

ST. LOUIS, MO and SAN DIEGO, CA, Feb. 26, 2025 – Wugen, Inc., a clinical-stage U.S. biotechnology company developing allogeneic, off-the-shelf cell therapies for the treatment …

— Data Support Start of First Pivotal Trial for an Off-the-Shelf, Allogeneic CD7-Targeted CAR-T Cell Therapy in Pediatric and Adult Patients — ST. LOUIS, MO …

— First Pivotal Trial for an Off-the-Shelf, Allogeneic CD7-Targeted CAR-T Cell Therapy to Begin in First Quarter 2025 — — The Global Study Will Evaluate …

ST. LOUIS, MO and SAN DIEGO, CA, Nov. 12, 2024 – Wugen, Inc., a clinical-stage U.S. biotechnology company developing allogeneic, off-the-shelf cell therapies for the treatment …

— Researchers Shared Findings Including a Clinically Manageable Safety Profile and Anti-leukemic Activity with WU-CART-007 in Patients with R/R T-ALL/LBL and Previously Treated with Existing …

— Researchers to Present New Phase 2 Data Showing Safety and Anti-Leukemic Activity with WU-CART-007 and Additional New Findings for this Investigational, Off-the-Shelf Allogeneic CAR-T …

The Woodlands, TX, and St. Louis, MO, March 14, 2024/ Cision / – Cellipont Bioservices, a leading cell therapy Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), …

Wugen to use MaxCyte’s Flow Electroporation® technology and ExPERT™ platform to support its programs for hematologic and solid tumor cancers ROCKVILLE, MD, and ST LOUIS, …

—   Dr. Vendola Brings Deep, Hands-On Industry Strategy, Operational and Financial Expertise to the Role   — ST. LOUIS, MO and SAN DIEGO, CA, …

— Positive trends continue as more patients receive treatment with WU-CART-007 in this study exploring the drug’s potential in improving standard of care — — …

— Oral Presentation Highlights Latest Clinical Findings from First Global, In-Human Phase 1/2 Dose-Escalation Study of Anti-CD7 Off-the-Shelf Allogeneic CAR-T Cell Therapy, WU-CART-007, in Hard-to-Treat …

— First Patient Dosed in this Global, Open-Label Study to Assess the Safety and Tolerability of WU-NK-101 in AML — — Wugen Earns FDA Orphan …

— WU-CART-007 was well-tolerated in patients with R/R T-ALL/LBL, with low incidence of high-grade CRS and immune-related adverse events —  — WU-CART-007 demonstrated preliminary evidence …

— First clinical data presented from WU-CART-007 program; data highlight promising safety profile and preliminary anti-tumor activity in patients with R/R T-ALL/LBL —   — …

— Veteran biopharmaceutical executive Mark Alles brings more than three decades of global hematology and oncology experience, and significant corporate governance expertise — ST. LOUIS, …

— Cytokine-induced memory-like (CIML) NK cells engaged and activated endogenous adaptive immunity in the tumor microenvironment (TME) —  -WU-NK-101 demonstrated PD-L1 and MHC-I checkpoint upregulation …

— Data demonstrate the potential of WU-NK-101 to reverse primary and acquired mechanisms of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) resistance — ST. LOUIS, MO and SAN …

— Kumar Srinivasan Ph.D., M.B.A., Appointed President and Chief Executive Officer — ST. LOUIS, MO and SAN DIEGO, CA, March 21, 2023 –Wugen, Inc., a …

— WU-NK-101 overcomes limitations encountered with other adoptive cell therapies in solid tumors — –WU-NK-101 exhibited robust trafficking, intra-tumor infiltration, and persistence in xenograft tumor …

— Genetic tumor microenvironment (TME) signature identified as highly predictive of duration of response to cytokine-induced memory-like (CIML) NK cell therapy –  — WU-NK-101 exhibited …

SAINT LOUIS, MO and SAN DIEGO, CA, November 10, 2022 – Wugen, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a pipeline of allogeneic cell therapies to …

— WU-NK-101’s differentiated memory natural killer (NK) expression profile supports enhanced anti-tumor activity and metabolic flexibility — — Data support clinical development of WU-NK-101 as …

SAINT LOUIS, MO and SAN DIEGO, CA, November 3, 2022 – Wugen, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a pipeline of allogeneic cell therapies to …

SAINT LOUIS, MO and SAN DIEGO, CA, September 23, 2022 – Wugen, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a pipeline of allogeneic cell therapies to …

— WU-NK-101 exhibited enhanced metabolic fitness and adaptability, enabling superior resilience within the immunosuppressive solid tumor microenvironment and preserved cytotoxic function —   — WU-NK-101 …

Cell therapy veteran Natalie Mount, Ph.D., brings more than 25 years of industry experience ST. LOUIS, MO and SAN DIEGO, CA, August 25, 2022- Wugen, …

ST. LOUIS, MO and SAN DIEGO, CA, July 19, 2022 – Wugen, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a pipeline of allogeneic cell therapies to treat …

— WU-NK-101 exhibited enhanced metabolic flexibility and resistance to tumor microenvironment immunosuppression relative to conventional natural killer (NK) cells — — WU-NK-101 demonstrated robust anti-tumor …

ST. LOUIS, MO and SAN DIEGO, CA, June 1, 2022- Wugen, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a pipeline of off-the-shelf cell therapies to treat a …

ST. LOUIS, MO and SAN DIEGO, CA, May 12, 2022 –Wugen, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a pipeline of off-the-shelf cell therapies to treat …

ST. LOUIS, MO and SAN DIEGO, CA, April 7, 2022 – Wugen, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a pipeline of off-the-shelf cell therapies to …

ST. LOUIS, MO and SAN DIEGO, CA, March 24, 2022 – Wugen, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a pipeline of off-the-shelf cell therapies to …

— WU-CART-007 granted FDA Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) or lymphoblastic lymphoma …

ST. LOUIS, MO and SAN DIEGO, CA, March 9, 2022 – Wugen, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a pipeline of off-the-shelf cell therapies to …

WU-CART-007, an allogeneic off-the-shelf CAR-T cell therapy for T-Cell malignancies, has received IND clearance from the FDA   WU-CART-007 demonstrates robust safety profile and exhibits …

Wugen’s proprietary platform employs a GMP-grade, feeder cell-free manufacturing process to produce commercially scalable, off-the-shelf, non-engineered memory natural killer (NK) cell therapies with enhanced anti-tumor …

ST. LOUIS, MO and SAN DIEGO, CA, November 10, 2021 – Wugen, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a pipeline of off-the-shelf cell therapies to …

ST. LOUIS, MO and SAN DIEGO, CA, November 9, 2021 – Wugen, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a pipeline of off-the-shelf memory natural killer …

ST. LOUIS, MO and SAN DIEGO, CA, November 4, 2021 – Wugen, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a pipeline of off-the-shelf cell therapies to …

Proceeds to advance clinical development of WU-NK-101 for relapsed/refractory AML, and initiate studies in solid tumor indications. Oversubscribed Series B co-led by Abingworth and Tybourne …

Biotech Executive and former Vice President of Research & Development at Takeda Pharmaceuticals brings notable expertise in cell therapies and strategic business development to the …

ST. LOUIS, MO, March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – Wugen Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel universal natural killer (NK) and T-cell therapies for the …

ST. LOUIS, MO, March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – Wugen Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel, universal allogeneic cell therapy platforms, today announced that it has …

ST. LOUIS, March 1, 2021 – Wugen Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel, universal allogeneic off-the-shelf cell therapies, today announced the appointment of the company’s …

ST. LOUIS, MO, February 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – Wugen Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel, universal allogeneic cellular therapies, today announced that it has entered …

ST. LOUIS, February 22, 2021 – Wugen Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel, universal allogeneic off-the-shelf cell therapies, today announced the appointment of Jan Davidson …

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Wugen Inc., a biotechnology company developing a novel, universal allogeneic CAR-T therapy platform, today announced the appointment of Ryan Sullivan, Ph.D., as …

ST. LOUIS, April 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Wugen Inc., a biotechnology company developing a novel, universal allogeneic CAR-T therapy platform, today announced the appointment of Mark Lewis, Ph.D., …

ST. LOUIS, March 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — WUGEN Inc., a biotechnology company developing a novel, universal allogeneic CAR-T therapy platform, today announced the appointment of Ayman Kabakibi, Ph.D., as …

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — WUGEN Inc., a biotechnology company developing a novel, universal allogeneic CAR-T therapy platform, today announced data presentations at the 2019 Transplantation …

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — WUGEN Inc., a biotechnology company developing a novel universal allogeneic CAR-T therapy platform, today announced updated preclinical data that validates …

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ —  WUGEN Inc., a biotechnology company developing a novel universal allogeneic CAR-T therapy platform, today announced that it has entered into …

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1, 2018  /PRNewswire/ — WUGEN Inc., a biotechnology company developing a novel universal allogeneic CAR-T therapy platform, today announced that abstracts showcasing the WUGEN …