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Artiva Biotherapeutics Highlights AlloNK® Data Presented at EULAR 2026, FDA RMAT Designation in Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis and Webcast Today
Multiple EULAR presentations reinforce potential of AlloNK to drive deep B-cell depletion and meaningful clinical responses across refractory rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren disease and systemic sclerosis Late-breaking oral presentation highlighted robust clinical responses with AlloNK plus rituximab across 31 patients with rheumatologic diseases Rheumatoid arthritis data showed clinically meaningful responses in highly refractory patients, including 71% ACR50 response at six months in the company-sponsored Phase 2a basket trial Safety and translational data support AlloNK's potential as an outpatient-administered, community-compatible deep B-cell depleting therapy U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation to AlloNK plus rituximab for the treatment of refractory rheumatoid arthritis Artiva to host virtual webcast today at 8:15 am EDT, featuring Dr. Paul Emery, Arthritis UK professor of rheumatology at the University of Leeds SAN DIEGO, June 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Artiva Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARTV), a clinical-stage biotechnology company whose mission is to develop effective, safe and accessible cell therapies for patients with debilitating autoimmune diseases, today highlighted clinical, safety and translational data for AlloNK (also known as AB-101), an allogeneic, off-the-shelf, non-genetically modified natural killer (NK) cell therapy candidate, presented at the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) 2026 Congress in London. Across five accepted abstracts, Artiva presented data evaluating AlloNK in combination with rituximab across B-cell driven autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Sjögren disease (SjD) and systemic sclerosis (SSc).