Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FATE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to bringing a transformative pipeline of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cellular immunotherapies broadly to patients with cancer and autoimmune diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has selected FT819 for participation in the Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) Development and Readiness Pilot (CDRP) Program for treatment of moderate to severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).