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Hear how we are supporting cancer patients, partners and our global community through cutting edge technology and automated, closed loop manufacturing of CAR T-cell therapies.

BioOra scaling up manufacturing to support the Malaghan Institute’s phase 2 trial to register CD19-specific CAR T

BioOra is excited to announce that manufacturing is scaling up to support the registration of WZTL-002 for commercialisation.

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John Robson appointed Managing Director of BioOra

We're thrilled to announce that John Robson (JR) has been appointed as our new Managing Director.

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‘Game changing’ economy boost from cancer treatment company

BioOra is excited to announce that in collaboration with Christchurch NZ, BioOra has committed to the installation of a innovative cell therapy manufacturing site in Christchurch

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Significant milestone in first NZ CAR T-cell trial: preparations for larger Phase 2 registration trial

Enrolment and treatment is now complete. BioOra provided outpatient management and automated CAR T-cell manufacturing for patients in dose expansion cohort.

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ASH presentation

ENABLE Phase 1 data support BioOra’s automated manufacture for Phase 2 trial

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Carl June joins BioOra Board

Globally recognised pioneer of CAR T-cell therapy appointed to the Board of Directors

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Manufacturing milestone

Malaghan Institute and BioOra deliver automated manufacturing to scale up CAR T-cell cancer therapy in NZ

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Meet us @ the ISCT Australia & New Zealand

Meet Andi (CEO) and Alex (Head of Operations) in Perth. 

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Welcome to BioOra

Cyrus K. joins as director.

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RNZ: New Zealand developed cancer treatment one step closer to market

Clinical Director Dr Rob Weinkove about our CAR T-cell clinical trial.

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‘Major milestone’: Ground-breaking NZ cancer therapy closer to reality

NZ Herald

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Meet Us @ the Life Science Summit NZ

Challenges and Opportunities of Cell and Gene Therapy in NZ.

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Welcome To BioOra

Andi Grant joins as CEO.

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RE-TELL: telling the patient side of
CAR T-cell cancer therapy

Giving a voice to New Zealand patients undergoing CAR T-cell therapy is an important part of the Malaghan Institute’s ...

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In Focus: Transforming our immune cells into cancer killers

“I look forward to when CAR T-cell therapy can be administered to people as a standard of care rather than a last resort."

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Improving CAR T-cell therapy to target solid tumors

Much still stands in the way of CAR T-cell therapy becoming an effective treatment option.

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Our Changing World - the future of cancer treatment

Our CAR T-cell research team talks to Claire Concannon from RNZ's...

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In focus: Overcoming hurdles facing CAR T-cell therapy

Researching ways to fight cancer is not a job for the faint-hearted. 

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New partnership to scale up
CAR T-cell cancer treatment in New Zealand

Malaghan Institute of Medical Research

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Building better CAR T-cell technology

With the astronomical success of CAR T-cell therapy, it’s hard to believe that this groundbreaking cancer treatment is still in its infancy.

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CAR T-cell supporter David Downs semi-finalist for New Zealander of the Year

David discovered that the Malaghan Institute was preparing to conduct its own CAR T-cell clinical trial.

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