Cell Therapy Developers Debate Challenges As Big Pharma Drags Its Feet
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Companies developing 'advanced' treatments such as cell therapies face many of the same challenges in getting their innovative products to market, yet the attitudes of management towards the various hurdles differs quite significantly, Scrip found at Alliance for Regenerative Medicine's third annual 'European Advanced Therapies Investor Day' on Nov. 12.
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