# Source: https://businessownerindex.com/company-reference/kite-pharma-q18343414/

U.S. founder reference library

# Kite Pharma

biomedical engineering company that develops cancer immunotherapy products

## Company context

The public record describes Kite Pharma as biomedical engineering company that develops cancer immunotherapy products. Its recorded founding year is 2009.

Public business description

biomedical engineering company that develops cancer immunotherapy products

Country in source record

United States

Founding year in source record

2009

## Recorded founders

- [Arie Belldegrun](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/arie-belldegrun-q16142549/) · American physician

The linked people are recorded under the company’s founder property in the cited dataset. This is a founding association, rather than a verification of current equity or management responsibility.

## Understanding Kite Pharma in context

Kite Pharma is included because its public company record connects a named business to an identifiable founding team. The business description, “biomedical engineering company that develops cancer immunotherapy products,” supplies the context for that relationship, with a recorded starting year of 2009. The founding association shown here is with Arie Belldegrun. A single association in this library should not be read as a complete list of everyone who helped establish the business.

No official website has been confirmed in this reference record. Use the source trail to distinguish the business from similarly named organizations before contacting it. A founding year describes a historical event; it does not measure business scale, growth, or the length of a founder’s continuing involvement.

## Research context: Health and life sciences businesses

A health-company description may concern research, a development-stage product, a service business, or commercial distribution. Those stages have different meanings. A founding association is not evidence of clinical results, regulatory authorization, or the availability of a product. Use dated primary company materials and the appropriate official records when evaluating such claims.

### Questions for researching Kite Pharma

- What does the company currently identify as its stage of development or service scope?
- Are product availability and research milestones presented with dates and primary sources?
- Does a biography distinguish scientific, executive, advisory, and founding roles?

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## Research trail

- [Wikidata public record Q18343414](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18343414): company description, country, founding year where present, and founder associations.

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