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Cord Blood Registry (CBR) is the largest U.S. cord blood bank. To date, CBR has stored more than 500,000 cord blood and cord tissue samples, while ViaCord has stored 350,000 samples and Cryo-Cell has stored 240,000 samples.
While these storage counts may include cord blood and tissue units collected by their international divisions, these three industry players are the clear market leaders within the U.S. private cord blood banking industry. [Read more…]
Dr. Itzchak Angel, CEO of the Israeli stem cell company, Accellta, has more than 30 years of experience guiding the business development efforts of new and established companies across the Israeli pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Angel was formerly Vice President of R&D at Proteologics Ltd. and at D-Pharm Biopharmaceuticals. Before those positions, he served as the head of pharmacology in Synthelabo (now Sanofi) where he launched blockbuster drugs such as Xatral, Ambien and Mizollen into the marketplace. [Read more…]
HAIFA, ISRAEL, JULY 26, 2017— Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: PSTI) (TASE: PSTI), a leading developer of placenta-based cell therapy products, today presented new data at the RITN (Radiation Injury Treatment Network) conference from a recent study evaluating PLX-R18 as a treatment for Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS). [Read more…]
This article identifies four key processing technologies that are utilized by cord blood banks worldwide and the companies responsible for developing each one. Automated processing systems have many benefits, including speed, processing efficiency, and cost-savings. However, automated processing systems have not always dominated the cord blood banking industry.
Jerusalem, Israel, June 19, 2017 — Gamida Cell Ltd., a leader in cellular and immune therapies for the treatment of cancer and orphan genetic diseases, today announced the signing of a $40 million financing to support the ongoing Phase 3 trial of the Company’s FDA Breakthrough Designated clinical-stage product, NiCord, to facilitate bone marrow transplantation. The financing is being led by new investor Shavit Capital. Additional primary participants include new investors VMS Investment Group and Israel Biotech Fund, as well as existing investor and major shareholder, Novartis. Current shareholders Clal Biotechnology Industries (CBI) and Israel HealthCare Ventures (IHCV) also participated in the financing.
“We are very pleased to have the strong support from both new and current investors as we continue to advance our lead product NiCord through late stage development and toward commercialization,” said Gamida Cell President and CEO Yael Margolin, Ph.D. “With this financing, we are well-positioned to complete the Phase 3 clinical trial of NiCord with the goal of bringing this lead product candidate to market and filling an important unmet need in bone marrow transplantation for blood cancer patients who cannot rapidly find a fully matched donor.” [Read more…]
