In August 2025, the European Commission (EC) granted conditional marketing authorization (CMA) to Cordex Biologics, a subsidiary of ExCellThera, for Zemcelpro® (UM171 Cell Therapy), a personalized stem cell therapy derived from a single cord blood unit for blood cancer patients who lack access to a suitable donor for a traditional transplant. ExCellThera announced the news on August 27, 2025.
Zemcelpro is the first and only allogeneic cell therapy approved in the EU for this patient population. By leveraging ExCellThera’s proprietary UM171 expansion platform, the therapy enhances the viability and functionality of cord blood stem cells, overcoming a decades-long limitation: insufficient cell volume for adult transplantation. As such, Zemcelpro represents a major clinical milestone and a therapeutic breakthrough with the potential to expand the use of cord blood–derived cellular therapies in the EU and beyond. [Read more…]
