March 15 (Reuters) - Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday unanimously voted in favor of allowing the use of Johnson & Johnson's cell therapy as an earlier treatment for a type of blood cancer.

All eleven voting members of the panel agreed that benefits of J&J's Carvykti outweighed the risks of the therapy when given as an earlier treatment. (Reporting by Bhanvi Satija and Sneha S K in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)