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
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Regenerative Medicine Deal Review: December
. Welcome to your deal review for the month of December. Juno Therapeutics made its leap into the public realm with the largest biotech initial public offering (IPO) in 2014. bluebird Bio announced pricing of a common offering to raise over $200M. Read on to find out more. Earlier this year, we saw privately held […]
Update from the Clinic: November
. Welcome to your Update from the Clinic for the month of November. NeoStem announced initial positive data from its Phase 2 study in acute myocardial infarction. Neuralstem’s human neural stem cells are shown to have long-term viability following transplant, while Fibrocell is given clearance for an investigational new drug (IND) application to develop a […]
Update from the Clinic: October
. Welcome to your Update from the Clinic for the month of October. Northwest Biotherapeutics continues to receive support for its cancer vaccine platform in Europe. Neuralstem and StemCells provided updates on their respective clinical programs for spinal cord injury. Pluristem continues to advance its second product, PLX-RAD, into large-scale manufacturing. Read on to find […]
Update from the Clinic: December
. Welcome to your Update from the Clinic for the month of December. bluebird bio’s first four patients are transfusion-free after treatment with its gene therapy Lentiglobin. Fate Therapeutics’ hematopoietic stem cell-modulating technology ProHema seems to be on track to produce results in the clinic. bluebird bio (BLUE), which recently priced a common offering to […]