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Cell Therapy Deal Review: November

Welcome to your Cell Therapy Deal Review for the month of November. Astellas failed to achieve the majority share it needed to push through a takeover of Ocata Therapeutics valued at $379 million. ImmunoCellular Therapeutics announced a research agreement with MD...

ISCT webinar: Reimbursement re-cap

For those of you that missed ISCT’s recent webinar on manufacturing, needle-to-needle logistics and reimbursement, below is a brief re-cap of the key points on the reimbursement section that I provided. The presentation, including audio, should be available free on...

Update from the Clinic: November

Welcome to your Update from the Clinic for the month of November. There were a number of mid-stage clinical trials launched by cell-based immunotherapy companies this past month, furthering a robust global pipeline of CAR/TCR products. We also saw some efficacy data...

Cell Therapy Deal Review: October

Welcome to your Cell Therapy Deal Review for the month of October. Lion Biotechnologies and Kite Pharma both made deals with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that significantly expanded their respective pipelines. Kite also announced a research collaboration...

Mending a hole in the heart

Among many interesting talks at this year’s Till and McCulloch Meetings in Toronto, Canada, there were a couple related to biomaterials, which I’d like to focus on. In the first talk, professor Milica Radisic, University of Toronto, talked about two recent...