Highlights:
- Platelet BioGenesis has the world’s first technology to generate clinical-grade human platelets from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).
- Platelet BioGenesis has been awarded $56 Million Contract from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to develop donor-independent platelets as a treatment for radiological and nuclear exposure.


SAN DIEGO, Sept. 30, 2019 — Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (FATE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of programmed cellular immunotherapies for cancer and immune disorders, announced today that the Company has opened its current Good Manufacturing Process (cGMP) compliant manufacturing facility for the clinical production of its off-the-shelf natural killer (NK) cell and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell product candidates. 

A new state-of-the-art facility dedicated to plasmid manufacturing is now operational in Gerenzano, Italy. The new site will couple with the existing GMP facility active in the Cell and Gene (C&G) therapy space. With 800m2 (8,000 square feet) of cleanrooms, the two facilities of Anemocyte, the first Biotech Manufacturing Organisation (BMO), will address manufacturing needs of Somatic Cells, Non-Viral Modified Cells, Vesicles and Plasmids for Viral Vectors. 