Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE:ATNM) (Actinium or the Company), a leader in the development of Antibody Radiation Conjugates (ARCs) and other targeted radiotherapies, today announced that the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern) will lead a clinical trial studying Actinium's Iomab-ACT, a targeted radiotherapy conditioning agent prior to patients receiving an FDA approved commercial CAR T-cell therapy. UT Southwestern will start recruiting patients following FDA's review and clearance of the study. CAR T-cell therapy utilizes patients' own immune cells called T-cells, which are engineered to include a chimeric antigen receptor and then reinfused into the patient to recognize and destroy cancer cells. Currently, there are six CAR-T therapies approved to treat patients with leukemias, lymphomas and multiple myeloma that collectively reached sales in 2023 exceeding $3.5 billion.
Actinium Announces Clinical Trial to Study Iomab-ACT Targeted Radiotherapy Conditioning With Leading FDA Approved Commercial CAR T-Cell Therapy
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