The company is still seeking strategic options for its development programs, including nana-val, which it was testing in EBV-positive refractory lymphoma.
Thirty patients have received the gene therapy within a clinical trial and early-access program, and the foundation also hopes to seek approval in the US.
The proposal, purported to save $83 billion over a decade, is a "dagger in the heart of all patient advocacy nonprofits," said the head of a cancer patient support group.