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Why Adaptimmune Therapeutics Crushed the Market Today

Why Adaptimmune Therapeutics Crushed the Market Today

Adaptimmune Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ADAP), a biotech company active in the hot immunotherapy segment, was a high-temperature stock on Thursday. In advance of a June industry congress, Adaptimmune unveiled the results of its SPEARHEAD-1 study. This was undertaken to gauge the efficacy of its afamitresgene autoleucel, or afami-cel, to treat synovial sarcoma (cancer of soft tissue such as muscles or ligaments) and myxoid/round cell liposarcoma (MRCLS; a cancer of the cells that store fat).