ES cell biopsy from blastocyst.
Filed under: Advanced Cell Technology, Athersys, Clinical Trials, Cytori, Embyonic Stem Cells, FDA, Geron, JNJ, Novocell, Osiris, Regenerative Medicine, adult stem cell, spinal cord injury, stem cells | Tagged: Clinical Trials, embryonic vs adult stem cell, embyryonic stem cell 2008, evolving clinical landscape, safety issues | No Comments »
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 »
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 »
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 »
