Tissue-specific Cell Therapy off the starting blocks with two promising Phase II projects
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Over the past two weeks, little-known UK-based stem cell therapy company Cell Therapy has reported impressive Phase II data with two of its products that target completely unrelated indications – advanced heart failure and severe tendon injury. CEO Ajan Reginald, previously Roche's global head of emerging technologies, spoke to Scrip about why the company chose to remain under the radar until recently, and of his ambitious plans to get a product onto the market in 2017.
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