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Minaris Regenerative Medicine is proud to share current and past news and announcements from its over twenty years of experience. Please see below for our press releases and announcements.

*This page may include mention of our past company names as it reflects content distributed in the past. The former companies Hitachi Chemical Advanced Therapeutics Solutions (HCATS, fomerly PCT or PCT Cell Therapy Services), apceth Biopharma GmbH, and Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. have been renamed Minaris Regenerative Medicine and are part of the Resonac Group.
October 19, 2017

DCPrime and apceth Biopharma GmbH Announce Manufacturing Partnership

Leiden, The Netherlands, and Munich, Germany, October 19, 2017 - DCPrime BV, a clinical stage company developing dendritic cell vaccines to treat cancer, and apceth Biopharma GmbH, an established contract manufacturing organization in the field of gene and cell therapy, report today that they have entered into a strategic manufacturing agreement. The collaboration involves clinical batch ...

October 19, 2017

PCT Establishes Global Contract Development and Manufacturing Services Platform with Opening of Yokohama, Japan Facility

Yokohama, Japan, October 19, 2017: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. (HCC), a global service provider for the cell therapy industry through its PCT development and manufacturing service platform, today announced the completion of construction and opening of its Yokohama, Japan facility on October 11. This facility, as well as the existing two U.S. PCT facilities, will share the same global PCT service ...

October 10, 2017

PCT GMP Manufacturing Infrastructure and Cleanroom Capacity Expands to Support Clients through Commercial Stage

Allendale, NJ, USA, October 10, 2017 Today, Hitachi Chemical Advanced Therapeutics Solutions, LLC (HCATS), a global service provider for the cell therapy industry through its PCT development and manufacturing platform, announced the planned expansion of its PCT service platform through the addition of GMP manufacturing infrastructure and cleanroom capacity in Allendale, NJ. The expansion includes ...

May 31, 2017

Orchard Therapeutics Ltd. Announces a Manufacturing Services Agreement with PCT Cell Therapy Services, LLC

Orchard Therapeutics Limited (“Orchard”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to bringing transformative ex-vivo gene therapies to patients with rare diseases of high unmet medical need announces today that it has entered a new clinical manufacturing services agreement with PCT Cell Therapy Services, LLC (“PCT”), a Hitachi Group Company. PCT is a leading provider of contract services ...

March 16, 2017

Hitachi Chemical Co. America, Ltd. to Acquire 100% of PCT - A Transformative Event for PCT and Hitachi Chemical

We are pleased today to announce a significant upcoming transformation for our company and enhancements to our capabilities to serve our valued clients. Hitachi Chemical Co. America, Ltd. (Hitachi Chemical), our collaborator and currently minority owner of PCT, has entered into an agreement with Caladrius Biosciences, majority owner of PCT, to purchase Caladrius’ remaining share of PCT, with an ...

June 29, 2016

Blood Cell Research Collaboration by PCT and Harvard Scientists

CD34+ CD45- Cells Isolated from Human Blood Have Molecular and Functional Characteristics of Vascular Endothelial Progenitors Rare CD45- cells have been described in human blood, bone marrow and umbilical cord blood that lack blood cell lineage markers (Lin-) but express antigens (CD34 and/or CD133) associated with hematopoietic (blood cell) progenitors. This is in contrast to typical ...

June 27, 2016

President of PCT, Robert Preti, PhD, Named Chairman of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine

PCT announces that Robert A. Preti, Ph.D., the Company’s Chief Technology Officer, President of PCT, has been named Chairman of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM), the international advocacy organization representing the gene and cell therapies and broader regenerative medicine sector. Dr. Preti has served as Vice Chairman of ARM since January 2015 and succeeds Edward Lanphier as ...

June 21, 2016

PCT to Manufacture Phase 3 Cell Therapy Product for Kiadis Pharma

PCT has expanded its relationship with Kiadis Pharma (Euronext Amsterdam and Brussels: KDS) (“Kiadis”), by entering into an agreement for the manufacturing of cell therapy product for United States and Canada clinical trial sites for a Phase 3 trial of Kiadis’ lead product, ATIR101™, for the treatment of blood cancers. To date, PCT has provided engineering and process development services for ...

January 13, 2016

Getting Commercial: Engineering the Future at Phacilitate Cell and Gene Therapy World Conference

PCT leaders will offer their perspective on cell therapy manufacturing of the future at this month’s Phacilitate Cell and Gene Therapy World conference. Through presentations and an interactive panel discussion, PCT will outline the framework that enables successful product commercialization over the long-term. Offering an approach to cell therapy manufacturing grounded in Development by Design ...

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