by Cal Strode | Aug 16, 2023
In a wide-ranging interview with POLITICO reporter Robert King at the Next Generation of Health Care Therapies event, Dr. Peter Marks, Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), discussed cell and gene...
by Stephie Leung | Jul 20, 2023
A few months ago, I summarized seven local cell therapy companies in Canada that caught my attention. Since then, one full quarter of the financial calendar has passed. In the world of biotechnology start-ups, this could mean one more key milestone achieved, a new...
by Peace Chukwu | Jul 6, 2023
Imagine slowly losing control of your body and the muscles necessary to live healthily, until you eventually lose your ability to breathe. This disease is known as Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, and is caused by the degeneration of motor neurons that send...
by Sara M. Nolte | Jun 21, 2023
In addition to showers, flowers and warmer weather, this spring also brought renewed hope for patients with hematological malignancies undergoing stem cell transplants (SCTs) in the form of the approval of Gamida Cell’s Omisirge® (omidubicel). This cell-based therapy...
by Stacey Johnson | Jun 16, 2023
The definition of a rare disease in the U.S. is under 200,000 patients. The 10 per cent of Americans living with a rare disease is equivalent to 30 million people. Put another way, that is close to the entire population of Canada (at 39 million). There are 7,000 –...
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