SEATTLE, WA and CAMBRIDGE, UK — Pluristyx, a leading provider of clinical-grade induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) solutions, and Qkine, a pioneer in the manufacture of high-purity, animal-free growth factors and cytokines, today announced a distribution agreement to support streamlined and efficient R&D and manufacturing of differentiated cells and tissues from iPSC. This collaboration will provide researchers, product manufacturers, and therapeutic developers with a streamlined, high-performance workflow, pre-qualified to deliver reliable differentiation of iPSCs into product cells and tissues. [Read more…]
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Cartherics and Catalent Expand Commercial License Agreement
MELBOURNE, Australia & TAMPA, FL – Cartherics Pty Ltd, a biotech company developing off‑the‑shelf immune cell therapies for high‑impact women’s diseases, including ovarian cancer and endometriosis, and Catalent, Inc., the leader in enabling the development and supply of better treatments for patients worldwide, has announced an enhanced partnership.
The companies have signed an amended commercial license agreement enabling the use of a Catalent cGMP‑compliant induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) line for the manufacture and commercialization of Cartherics’ iPSC-derived Chimeric Antigen Receptor Natural Killer (CAR-NK) cell therapies. The agreement supports Cartherics’ mission to develop immune cell therapy products for the treatment of cancer and endometriosis. [Read more…]
UCB’s $1.15 Billion Bet on Neurona Signals Major Push into Pluripotent Stem Cell–Derived Cell Therapy
In one of the largest regenerative medicine deals of 2026 to date, UCB has announced plans to acquire Neurona Therapeutics in a transaction valued at an astounding price tag: up to $1.15 billion. The deal includes $650 million upfront, with an additional $500 million tied to future milestones, underscoring the scale of UCB’s commitment to next-generation therapeutic modalities. [Read more…]
Cell-Easy Launches an iPSC-Derived Beta Cell Program to Tackle Scale-Up Challenges
Backed by a €12M Bpifrance grant, the program builds a GMP-compatible manufacturing platform for iPSC-derived cell therapies — directly applicable to biotech and pharma iPSC programs.
Toulouse, 2026 April 16th – Scale-up remains one of the most critical unsolved challenges in iPSC-derived cell therapy. Despite strong clinical promise, most manufacturing processes today can only supply material for a very limited number of patients — a bottleneck that limits clinical progression and commercial viability across the field. [Read more…]
RoosterBio and MineBio Life Sciences Partner to Expand Access to Scalable, High Quality MSC and Exosome Bioprocessing Solutions in China
Partnership Delivers RoosterBio’s Research-Grade and CliniControlTM cGMP Media Platforms to China’s Leading Cell and Gene Therapy Developers; MineBio Holds Import Approval for Immediate Order Fulfillment
FREDERICK, MD., April 8, 2026 — RoosterBio, Inc., a leading supplier of human mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (hMSCs), highly engineered bioprocess media, and advanced therapy manufacturing solutions for hMSCs and exosomes, today announced an exclusive distributor partnership with MineBio Life Sciences Limited (MineBio), a trusted partner to China’s biopharmaceutical and advanced therapy community. Under the agreement, MineBio will distribute RoosterBio’s full platform of research-grade and CliniControlTM cGMP-grade MSC and exosome bioprocessing media throughout China. Critically, MineBio has already secured import approval for RoosterBio’s research use only and cGMP CliniControlTM MSC and exosome bioprocessing media platform, enabling orders to be fulfilled without delay. [Read more…]