BioTime, Inc. and Cell Cure Neurosciences Establish Cell Therapy Manufacturing Center in Jerusalem, Israel
January 03, 2017 at 07:00 am
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BioTime, Inc. and its majority-owned subsidiary, Cell Cure Neurosciences Ltd, dedicated a new, 800 square meter (8,600 square feet), cGMP manufacturing center located in the Jerusalem Bio Park on the campus of Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem. The new manufacturing center, initially to be staffed by 25-30 employees, is equipped to produce a range of cell therapies for the treatment of various degenerative human diseases. In the near term, the plan is to supply OpRegen® for the company’s ongoing clinical trial program for the treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration, or dry AMD. OpRegen provides a particular cell type in the retina, called Retinal Pigment Epithelial cells, to replace those lost due to the disease.
Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing allogeneic cell therapies for unmet medical needs. The Companyâs programs are based on its cell-based technology platform and associated development and manufacturing capabilities. From this platform, the Company designs, develops, manufactures, and tests specialized human cells with anatomical and physiological functions. Its neuroscience focused pipeline includes OpRegen, a retinal pigment epithelial cell therapy in phase II a development, for the treatment of geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration; OPC1, an oligodendrocyte progenitor cell therapy in phase I/II a development for the treatment of spinal cord injuries; ANP1, an auditory neuronal progenitor cell therapy for the potential treatment of auditory neuropathy; PNC1, a photoreceptor neural cell therapy for the potential treatment of vision loss due to photoreceptor dysfunction or damage; and RND1.
LINEAGE CELL THERAPEUTICS, INC. 
