Panel Discussion: Walking the Therapeutic Tightrope Between Efficacy & Safety in B-Cell Targeted Therapies for Autoimmune Diseases vs Oncology

10:00 am - Wednesday 25th March 2026

Join this session to hear the thoughts of experts who have successfully moved precision therapies from the oncology world into autoimmune diseases:

  • Discussing whether the therapeutic goal should be complete depletion of peripheral B-cells or elimination of tissue resident B-cells that drive local pathology
  • Addressing the risks associated at various level of depletion such as elevated BAFF
  • Debating whether targeted depletion of specific pathogenic subsets is superior to non-selective deep depletion

Speakers:

Professor - Clinical Systems Immunology
Friedrich-Alexander- Universität Erlangen- Nürnberg
Director – Discovery Biology
Kite Pharma
CMO
Kali Therapeutics