Posted on January 30, 2008 by shsiong
by Susan Hsiong, PhD
You’ve been submitting resumes like nobody’s business. And contacted everyone you know asking if they know of any job opportunities. You’ve attended all the local networking events and career fairs. After what seems like forever, you get called in for an interview. Congrats!
Filed under: Job search, Regenerative Medicine | Tagged: interview questions, interviewing, job hunting, Job search | No Comments »
Posted on January 29, 2008 by jrowley
You have to hand it to Tengion, they are trying to tackle one of the largest challenges I can think of: producing tissue engineered organs and tissues from a patients own cells in unrelated indications (bladder, blood vessel, and kidney). While moving through clinical trials Tengion will surely be transforming patients lives with these [...]
Filed under: Biomaterials, Bioprocessing, Clinical Trials, Company Profiles, JNJ, Regenerative Medicine, Tengion, autologous, combination products, patient specific cell therapy, personalized medicine, tissue engineered product, vascular regeneration | Tagged: autologous therapies, company prifile, tissue engineering company | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 25, 2008 by jrowley
Here is another take on working in a big company from ScienceMag (http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/tools_resources/forum/view?id=3845)
Filed under: Job search, Regenerative Medicine | Tagged: big vs small companies, Job search, pros and cons | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 22, 2008 by jrowley
Pervasis Therapeutics announced that they have raised $9.75M to further develop their allogenic tissue engineered endothelial cell (EC) product for vascular health indications. Their Vascugel product is comprised of ECs grown in 3D collagen sponges that are implanted externally on blood vessels to prevent them from occluding. Pervasis has proven safety in a Phase I [...]
Filed under: Biomaterials, Bioprocessing, Clinical Trials, Company Profiles, Manufacturing, Pervasis, Regenerative Medicine, cell delivery, combination products, tissue engineered product, vascular regeneration | Tagged: end stage renal disease, endothelial cells, ESRD, gelfoam, tissue engineering, vascular health | No Comments »
Posted on January 18, 2008 by shsiong
When we have a cold or a headache, we pop a pill. We get sick, we go to the doctor and get a shot. Taking medication orally via a pill or getting drugs injected via a syringe are some of the oldest forms of delivering therapeutic molecules. In the past, [...]
Filed under: Biomaterials, Mimetic Solutions, Regenerative Medicine, Smart materials, biomimetics therapeutics, combination products, controlled release, diabetes | Tagged: controlled release, diabetes, drug delivery, mimetics, Mimetics Solutions | No Comments »
Posted on January 12, 2008 by jrowley
Osiris Therapeutics announced that they won a DoD contract worth up to $224.7 million for developing their adult mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-based therapeutic for treating acute radiation exposure. The contract allows for reimbursement of up to $24.7 million for continued development of their Prochymal product, and then, once the product is FDA approved for [...]
Filed under: Clinical Trials, DoD, MSCs, Osiris, Regenerative Medicine, adult stem cell, business models, stem cells | Tagged: Acute Radiation Therapy, DoD contract, Mesenchymal Stem Cell product, near term revenue, Prochymal, Type 1 diabetes | No Comments »
Posted on January 11, 2008 by jrowley
Just a quick note on a topic that keeps catching my attention: China. Three interesting things have come up in the last month:
Organogenesis signs a distribution deal with China’s National Tissue Engineering Center, with the potential to expand into manufacturing and joint product development activities.
WuXi Pharmatech purchases contract organization Apptec to gain a US [...]
Filed under: Regenerative Medicine | No Comments »
Posted on January 9, 2008 by jrowley
The WuXi acquisition of Apptec (posted last week) is continuing the trend of consolidation in the cell manufacturing sector. It is similar to Lonza’s (a Swiss company) purchase of Cambrex’s biologics division in 2006, and GE’s purchase of Wave Biotech in mid-2007. Lonza is currently the largest manufacturer of cells for therapy, and has process [...]
Filed under: Apptec, BD, Bioprocessing, Invitrogen, JNJ, Lonza, Manufacturing, Progenitor Cell Therapy, Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells Inc, WuXi Pharmatech | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 8, 2008 by shsiong
by Susan Hsiong, PhD
Biomimetics Therapeutics, Inc. (Franklin, TN), a company which develops drug-device combination products for orthopedic applications, recently announced positive results from its Canadian clinical study evaluating its GEM OS®1 Bone Graft for the open surgical treatment of foot and ankle fusions. The GEM OS®1 is a combination product comprised of a [...]
Filed under: Biomaterials, Company Profiles, Medtronic, Regenerative Medicine, biomimetics therapeutics, bone regeneration, combination products, controlled release | Tagged: biomimetics therapeutics, bone graft substitutes, bone healing, combination products, controlled release, GEM OS1, Infuse, orthopedics, recombinant protein products | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 7, 2008 by jrowley
WuXi (pronounced Woo-See) Pharmatech, a contract research organization (CRO) based in China, announced the acquisition of MN-based Apptec Laboratory Services. WuXi acquired Apptec to gain an immediate US footprint, better access to the US market, and important biologics expertise to expand outside the world of small molecules. This biologics expertise includes Apptec’s cell [...]
Filed under: Apptec, BD, Bioprocessing, Company Profiles, Invitrogen, JNJ, Lonza, Manufacturing, Regenerative Medicine, WuXi Pharmatech, business models | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 4, 2008 by jrowley
I have recently signed up for the StemCellPatents.com weekly newsletter, and it is great to keep updated on all the patents that get issued in regenerative medicine. In the most recent newletter, they reported on two patents that issued last week that strengthen Celgene’s patent estate in adult stem cells. Celgene got into the stem [...]
Filed under: Biomaterials, Celgene, Intellectual Property, Regenerative Medicine, adult stem cell, placenta stem cells, stem cells | Tagged: acquisition, Anthrogenesis, Celgene, patent strategy, placenta stem cells | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 2, 2008 by jrowley
With the New Year upon us, I thought it would be good to make a set of New Year’s Resolutions for the regenerative medicine industry. This set of resolutions is not company specific, but things that will be required to build long term value for this nascent industry.
Get those marketing people working: Any [...]
Filed under: Innovation, Regenerative Medicine, business models | Tagged: business models, convergent biological technologies, new year's resolutions, strategic marketing | 2 Comments »
