PMID- 37016096 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230503 LR - 20230509 IS - 1179-2000 (Electronic) IS - 1177-1062 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 3 DP - 2023 May TI - Tabelecleucel: First Approval. PG - 425-431 LID - 10.1007/s40291-023-00648-z [doi] AB - Tabelecleucel (Ebvallo(TM)) is an allogeneic Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-specific T-cell immunotherapy that targets and eliminates EBV positive (EBV(+)) cells in a human leukocyte antigen (HLA) restricted manner. Tabelecleucel has been developed by Atara Biotherapeutics under a license from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) for the treatment of lymphoproliferative disorders (LPDs), including rituximab relapsed/refractory EBV(+) post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD). Tabelecleucel was granted marketing authorization under 'exceptional circumstances' on 16 December 2022 as monotherapy for the treatment of adult and paediatric patients 2 years of age and older with relapsed or refractory EBV(+) PTLD who have received at least one prior therapy. For solid organ transplant patients, prior therapy includes chemotherapy unless chemotherapy is inappropriate. This article summarizes the milestones in the development of tabelecleucel leading to this first approval for EBV(+) PTLD. CI - (c) 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. FAU - Keam, Susan J AU - Keam SJ AD - Springer Nature, Private Bag 65901, Mairangi Bay, Auckland, 0754, New Zealand. mdt@adis.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20230405 PL - New Zealand TA - Mol Diagn Ther JT - Molecular diagnosis & therapy JID - 101264260 RN - 4F4X42SYQ6 (Rituximab) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Humans MH - Child MH - Herpesvirus 4, Human MH - *Epstein-Barr Virus Infections/drug therapy MH - *Organ Transplantation/adverse effects MH - Rituximab/therapeutic use MH - *Lymphoproliferative Disorders/drug therapy EDAT- 2023/04/05 06:00 MHDA- 2023/05/03 06:42 CRDT- 2023/04/04 23:25 PHST- 2023/03/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/05/03 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/04/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/04/04 23:25 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s40291-023-00648-z [pii] AID - 10.1007/s40291-023-00648-z [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Diagn Ther. 2023 May;27(3):425-431. doi: 10.1007/s40291-023-00648-z. Epub 2023 Apr 5.