The scale of the facility could also result in the cost of such treatments coming down. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – A new 2,000 sq m cell therapy manufacturing facility aims to meet the increasing demand for cell and gene therapy in the Republic, and allow patients to receive such treatments faster.
A task force has also been formed to develop and support the growing field of precision medicine. Convened by the Ministry of Health, it will be chaired by Director-General of Health Professor Kenneth Mak and include clinicians, researchers and health economists. Such treatments can be costly. For example, Kymriah Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell therapy – where certain blood cells are extracted from a patient, manipulated to target cancer cells, then reinfused into the patient – reportedly costs US$475,000 .
Actris chairman Professor Chee Yam Cheng described the facility as a game-changer for Singapore’s cell therapy ecosystem. The institute’s interim executive director Associate Professor Danny Soon said the facility would help to contribute to ground-breaking work in the advancement of cancer treatment and regenerative medicine, referring to new treatments to heal tissues and organs.
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