ATARA Biotherapeutics (ATRA) Granted FDA Clearance to Proceed with Enrollment at U.S. Sites for Ongoing Global Phase 1 Clinical Study to Evaluate ATA188

Atara Biotherapeutics Announces FDA Clearance to Proceed with Enrollment at U.S. Sites for Ongoing Global Phase 1 Clinical Study to Evaluate ATA188 in Patients with Progressive or Relapsing-Remitting

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRA), a leading off-the-shelf T-cell immunotherapy company developing novel treatments for patients with cancer, autoimmune and viral diseases, today announced that it received clearance of its Investigational New Drug (IND) application from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to proceed with patient enrollment at U.S. sites for its ongoing global Phase 1 clinical study to evaluate ATA188 in patients with progressive or relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS). ATA188, the Company's off-the-shelf T-cell immunotherapy using a complementary targeted antigen recognition technology... More