Brazil’s plan for low-cost CAR-Ts

The Brazilian government will now test whether they can bring those costs down — dramatically. On Tuesday, Fiocruz, a foundation from the government’s ministry of health, signed an agreement with a 3-year-old U.S. nonprofit called Caring Cross. Under the deal, Caring Cross will provide equipment, materials, and expertise to develop CAR-T treatments at one-tenth of the current cost.