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ImmunityBio Achieves Milestone with Large-Scale NK Cell Production and Cryopreservation from Over 60 Healthy and Cancer Donors

March 13, 2026 7:30 AM EDT

Methods developed and validated to establish the World Bank of NK Cells from healthy donors and cancer patients Single apheresis yields up to 5 billion (5×109) highly pure activated memory cytokine-enhanced NK cells (M-ceNK), providing up to 8-10 doses of M-ceNK product per patient Manufacturing and cryo-banking process established with finished dosage form of M-ceNK cells available within 12 days from apheresis M-ceNK cells successfully cryopreserved with demonstration of retained cytotoxicity against multiple tumor cell lines Methods now established in readiness for manufacturing in AI-driven automated robotic systems (NANT Leonardo) Combination of M-ceNK with ANKTIVA®... More