Blinatumomab binds only human and chimpanzee CD3/CD19, not mouse, rat, dog or other monkey PBMC
“Blinatumomab bound to B and T lymphocytes from human and chimpanzee peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) but it did not bind to PBMC from the mouse, rat, beagle dog, squirrel monkey, African Green monkey, cynomolgus monkey, rhesus monkey, and baboon.”
✓ VerifiedFDA pharmacology/toxicology review, p. 12Source ↗
Reviewer's view of the efficacy data
EMA: in vitro redirected lysis of CD19+ tumor cell lines and patient tumor samples, specific to target-expressing cells
“In vitro functional assays showed blinatumomab-mediated redirected lysis of CD19 positive cell tumours (adult and paediatric cell lines) as well as patient tumour samples. This cytotoxic activity was specific since it could only be observed in the presence of target-expressing cells”