Bringing CAR-T therapy within reach: how decentralised manufacturing will improve patient access

Published: 21-Apr-2025

By offering a lifeline to patients with otherwise untreatable conditions, CAR-T cell therapy has transformed cancer treatment. Yet, despite the breakthrough potential of these patient-specific therapies, access remains severely limited

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Traditional centralised manufacturing can cost more than $350,000 per product, explains Boro Dropulić (pictured), Executive Director at Caring Cross, placing these life-saving treatments out of reach for most healthcare systems worldwide.

The bottleneck isn’t scientific; it’s manufacturing, logistical, financial and infrastructural. But a shift toward decentralised, local and in-hospital CAR-T cell therapy production could change that.  

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