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Kite Pharma (KITE) Patient Death Confirmed Non-Issue, Stifel Notes; Meanwhile Tumors 'Melting Away'

August 17, 2015 11:13 AM EDT

Stifel analyst Thomas Shrader reiterated a Buy rating and $83 price target on Kite Pharma (NASDAQ: KITE) after the company confirmed a patient died after receiving KTE019 treatment in the Phase I portion of the ongoing DLBCL trial. The death was ruled not related to KTE019 by the investigator.... More

Kite Pharma (KITE) Bullish Stance Reiterated at Mizuho on KTE-C19 Update

August 17, 2015 8:55 AM EDT

Mizuho Securities analyst Peter Lawson reiterated his Outperform rating and $90 price target on Kite Pharma (NASDAQ: KITE) after the company announced it will host a conference call to discuss KTE-C19 Phase 1 data with news that the patient death is untreated to the drug.

Lawson commented, "KITE will host a conference call today at... More

Kite Pharma's (KITE) KTE-C19 Trial on Track to Advance to Pivotal Phase 2

August 17, 2015 8:01 AM EDT

Kite Pharma, Inc. (Kite) (Nasdaq: KITE) today provided an update from the Company's ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial of KTE-C19 in patients with refractory aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) who have failed prior chemotherapy treatments and have a poor prognosis. KTE-C19 is an investigational therapy in which a patient's T cells are genetically modified to express a Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) designed to target the antigen CD19, a protein expressed on the cell surface of B-cell lymphomas and leukemias.

In May, Kite announced that the first patient was treated with KTE-C19 in... More