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International Collaboration Aims to Ensure More Equitable Access to Transformative Personalized Cancer Therapy

PHILADELPHIA, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Penn Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), who together pioneered the research and development of the world's first personalized cellular therapy for cancer — also known as CAR T cell therapy — have announced plans with Costa Rica's CCSS, or the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (Social Security Program), to facilitate CAR T research in Costa Rica. The effort is a step toward global equity in clinical research opportunities involving the use of CAR T cell therapies, which represent a leading-edge approach to cancer care not widely available across the world.

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