Although SRF813 isn’t likely to reach the clinic until 2021, GSK likes cell therapy’s monotherapy and combination potential. Lilly bids $880m to acquire neurodegenerative cell therapy firm Prevail.

Detailed data for omecamtiv mecarbil at AHA show a slim overall benefit, but Cytokinetics highlighted its effects in sicker patients and investigators emphasized the drug’s impact on reduced hospitalizations.

Gilead/Kite’s second CAR-T product is given the go-ahead for approval by the CHMP for mantle cell lymphoma.

Pulsed field ablation, which uses a controlled electrical field instead of focused heat or cold, has shown promise as a safer alternative to thermal and cryo approaches for atrial fibrillation ablation.