Iovance’s Amtagvi® (lifileucel) Receives Health Canada Approval for Advanced Melanoma

First T cell therapy for a solid tumor cancer and first treatment option approved in Canada for advanced melanoma after anti-PD-1 and targeted therapy

SAN CARLOS, Calif., Aug. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: IOVA), a commercial biotechnology company focused on innovating, developing, and delivering novel polyclonal tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapies for patients with cancer, today announced Health Canada has issued a Notice of Compliance with Conditions (NOC/c) for Amtagvi^® (lifileucel), a tumor-derived autologous T cell immunotherapy. Amtagvi is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma that has progressed on or after at least one prior systemic therapy including a PD-1 blocking antibody, and if BRAF V600 mutation positive, a BRAF inhibitor with or without a MEK inhibitor, and who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options.

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