Category Archives: Biomaterials

New Vascular Closure Devices Aim to Gain Bigger Piece of Endovascular Device Market

Posted on February 24, 2008 by shsiong

by Susan Hsiong, PhD More than 12 million minimally invasive vascular surgeries are done every year. These procedures require catheterization of major blood vessels to gain access to the vasculature. While catheter technology has dramatically improved, closure of the vessel … Continue reading →

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Tengion Pioneers Autologous Tissue Engineered Regenerative Medicine Products

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). … Continue reading →

Posted in autologous, Biomaterials, Bioprocessing, Clinical Trials, combination products, Company Profiles, JNJ, patient specific cell therapy, personalized medicine, Regenerative Medicine, Tengion, tissue engineered product, vascular regeneration | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Pervasis Advances Tissue Engineered Products for Vascular Health

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Biomaterials, Bioprocessing, cell delivery, Clinical Trials, combination products, Company Profiles, Manufacturing, Pervasis, Regenerative Medicine, tissue engineered product, vascular regeneration | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Mimetic Solutions Pioneers New Smart Biomaterials for Controlled Release

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Biomaterials, biomimetics therapeutics, combination products, controlled release, diabetes, Mimetic Solutions, Regenerative Medicine, Smart materials | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Biomimetics Therapeutics Expands into New Markets with Innovative GEM OS Combination Device

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Biomaterials, biomimetics therapeutics, bone regeneration, combination products, Company Profiles, controlled release, Medtronic, Regenerative Medicine | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Celgene Strengthens Adult Stem Cell Patent Estate

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in adult stem cell, Biomaterials, Celgene, Intellectual Property, placenta stem cells, Regenerative Medicine, stem cells | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Athersys’ Adult Stem Cell Product IND Approved for Acute MI Phase I Trial

Posted on December 23, 2007 by jrowley

Athersys and their cardiac parter, Angiotech, announced today that they got the ok from the FDA to begin a Phase I clinical study using Athersys’ Multistem adult stem cell product in acute myocardial infarction (MI). This is the second IND … Continue reading →

Posted in Angiotech, Athersys, Biomaterials, cardiac regeneration, cell delivery, Clinical Trials, Joint Ventures, Regenerative Medicine | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Biomaterials as Therapies

Posted on December 9, 2007 by jrowley

The regenerative medicine industry is banking on cellular therapy to help regenerate tissues and restore function in clinical indications with high unmet needs. The mechanism of action, or how stem cells actually drive tissue regeneration, is still hotly debated – … Continue reading →

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Osiris Releases 1 Year Data from Chrondrogen Trial

Posted on December 1, 2007 by jrowley

Osiris Therapeutics last week announced positive data that came out of their Phase I/II double blinded Chondrogen trial. They demonstrated statistically significant improvements in joint pain in patients with osteoarthritis, however this seems to be an about face compared to … Continue reading →

Posted in adult stem cell, Biomaterials, cartilage, Clinical Trials, orthopedics, Osiris, Regenerative Medicine, stem cells | 1 Comment