HONG KONG, April 29, 2022 — Global Cord Blood Corporation (NYSE: CO, “GCBC” or the “Company”), China’s leading provider of cord blood collection, laboratory testing, hematopoietic stem cell processing and stem cell storage services, announced today that the Company will acquire 100% of Cellenkos, Inc (“CLNK”) and the rights to develop and commercialize all of its existing and future products worldwide except those related to CLNK’s existing collaboration with Incyte Corporation (Nasdaq: INCY, “Incyte”). [Read more…]
Cord Blood
Because cord blood present within a newborn’s umbilical is rich with stem cells, it can be collected and stored for future medical use.
StemCyte Requests BLA from U.S. FDA for Allogeneic Cord Blood Product
StemCyte, a regenerative cell therapy company, has applied to the U.S. FDA for a BLA for its allogeneic umbilical cord hematopoietic progenitor cell product (HPC-Cord Blood)
StemCyte’s BLA has been accepted for quality review and StemCyte anticipates licensure in 2023
StemCyte Reports Successful Phase I Trial Using Cord Blood to Treat Cerebral Stroke
StemCyte Announces Successful Outcome in Phase I Clinical Trial for Treating Acute Cerebral Stroke Using Allogeneic Human Umbilical Cord Blood
StemCyte is a portfolio company of Microbio Group focusing on new drug discovery in cell therapy with operations in the U.S., Taiwan, and India
BALDWIN PARK, Calif., Jan. 26, 2022 — Southern California cord blood therapeutics company StemCyte Inc. is announcing successful preliminary results for Phase I of the company’s clinical trial for treating acute cerebral stroke using monocytes from allogeneic human umbilical cord blood (hUCB). [Read more…]
How the Cord Blood and Tissue Market is Changing
The global cord blood and tissue banking market is consolidating, driven by the emergence of holding companies and aggressive M&A activity. This is creating risks for cord blood market participants, as well as new opportunities.
Serious threats to the industry include:
- Low rates of stored cord blood utilization
- Utilization of bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cells as alternative sources of stem cells for HSCT
- Growing prevalence of haploidentical transplantation
- Expensive transplant procedures, ranging from $200-300K
- Difficulty educating Obstetricians about the future value of cellular therapies
- Low rates of market penetration
- Low rates of cord blood awareness among expectant parents
Onk Therapeutics Secures $21.5M Series A for Cord Blood and iPSC-derived NK Cell therapies
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$21.5M Series A financing round to advance pipeline of next-gen engineered off-the-shelf NK cell therapies
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Funding round led by current investors Acorn Bioventures and ALSHC; joined by new investor Cormorant Asset Management
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Financing will drive multiple pre-clinical programs through IND-enabling studies and the continued progression of a GMP manufacturing capability
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