Mark Curtis
Mark is a Business Development Analyst at the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM), where he collaborates with the team to help evaluate the commercial potential of regenerative medicine and cell therapy technologies. He began his career at Princess Margaret Hospital studying cellular reprogramming of human skin cells. Following this project, he left the laboratory and took on a role with Bloom Burton & Co., a healthcare-focused investment dealer. While there he supported the advisory team in carrying out scientific diligence on early-stage biotechnology companies. Prior to joining CCRM he was a consultant to Stem Cell Therapeutics, a Toronto-based biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutics targeting cancer stem cells. Mark received a Master’s degree from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, where he studied the directed differentiation of embryonic stem cells, and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology, from Queen’s University. Follow Mark on Twitter @markallencurtis
Posts by: Mark
Regenerative Medicine Deal Review: May
. Welcome to your regenerative medicine deal review for the month of May. The space was quiet this past month; however, NeoStem did strike up a licensing deal with China-based Cellular Biomedicine Group to provide international reach to its newly acquired targeted immunotherapy program. Read on to find out more. New York-based NeoStem (NBS) announced […]
Update from the Clinic: April
. Welcome to your Update from the Clinic for the month of April. Athersys provides disappointing interim results for its MultiStem® cell therapy in ulcerative colitis patients. Sernova continues to demonstrate safety and biocompatability of its Cell Pouch technology in patients with Type 1 diabetes, with one patient now passed the 180-day mark. StemCells completes […]
Cell Therapy Commercialization: Look for Headroom
. Of all the formidable challenges that a biotechnology company will stumble upon in its quest to commercialize, perhaps there is none more frustrating than a failure to get a product reimbursed by payers. After years of navigating the gauntlet of risk that is biotechnology development, and sinking what is likely hundreds of millions of […]
Update from the Clinic: June
. Welcome to your Update from the Clinic for the month of June. Neuralstem presented final data on a first-in-class drug for the treatment of major depressive disorder, which is proving to be an effective and non-invasive means to boost brain volume. OncoMed has a shaky start to its Phase I programs targeting the Wnt […]