Founded in April 2014, ORIG3N is an interesting and innovative company that is developing the world’s largest uniformly consented blood cell repository, known as LifeCapsule. They are using these blood cells to produce patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). The company also has two other business segments, called LifeProfile and LifeSystems. As a newcomer to the biotech industry, there has been a great deal of activity going on at the company, which you can read more about in this fascinating interview with James Lovgren, Chief Business Officer of ORIG3N.
In major news released today, ORIG3N now announced that it will be presenting at the upcomingJ.P. Morgan/Biotech Showcase and named three new board members, Tom Mac Mahon, George Hara, and Justin Xiang. [Read more…]