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“I Am BIO” Podcast: Cancer in the COVID Era

Overcrowded hospitals during the pandemic can pose treatment challenges for patients with other serious illnesses. As Kite Pharma CEO Christi Shaw says, “Cancer doesn’t stop in a crisis.” Neither do her company‘s employees, who go to extraordinary lengths to get personalized CAR-T treatments to patients around the world.