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RESEARCH & TREATMENTS • UNITED STATES

California biotech lays off most staff after two cell-therapy trial deaths

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Artiva has laid off nearly all its staff after two deaths among patients in its cell-therapy trials, The Epoch Times reports. Artiva said one death was likely due to neurotoxicity; the cause of the other remains undetermined.

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Why it matters

The deaths and workforce cuts affect the company and people involved in its trials. The supplied report does not establish whether the trial program has been paused or what the events mean for other treatments or patients.