Ranking Profile - Atara Biotherapeutics Inc

Introduction

Atara Biotherapeutics Inc (Atara) is a biopharmaceutical company specialized in T-cell immunotherapy. The company uses its novel allogeneic Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) T-cell platform to develop therapies for the treatment of cancers, other autoimmune diseases, and severe viral infections. It is evaluating its lead candidate, tabelecleucel in Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of Epstein Barr virus associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (EBV+ PTLD) following hematopoietic cell transplant and solid organ transplant in patients who refracted rituximab. Its pipeline product candidates that are being developed for multiple indications in various stages of clinical trials include ATA188, ATA2271, ATA3219, ATA3271 and other CAR T programs. Atara is headquartered in South San Francisco, California, the US.