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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.
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 ...

September 8, 2015

PCT, LLC, A Caladrius Company, to Manufacture EU-Compliant Cell Therapy Product for IRX Therapeutics, Inc. From Its New Jersey Facility

ALLENDALE, N.J., Sept. 8, 2015 -- PCT, LLC, A Caladrius Company (PCT), the manufacturing sciences and technical operations subsidiary of cell therapy leader Caladrius Biosciences (NASDAQ:CLBS) and leading external manufacturing partner to the cell therapy industry, announced today that it will expand its current manufacturing capacity at PCT's Allendale, New Jersey facility to support IRX ...

June 15, 2015

PCT, a Caladrius Company, Expands Relationship With ImmunoCellular Therapeutics to Provide Manufacturing For Their Phase 3 Trial

New York (June 15, 2015) – Caladrius Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:CLBS) (“Caladrius”), a cell therapy leader with a late-stage clinical program for immuno-oncology, announced today a new Agreement between its wholly-owned subsidiary, PCT, LLC, a Caladrius Company (“PCT”), and ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd. (“ImmunoCellular”) (NYSE MKT:IMUC), a clinical-stage company that is developing ...

April 30, 2014

PCT Enters Into a Services Agreement With IRX Therapeutics, Inc.

New York, N.Y. April 30, 2014 -- NeoStem, Inc. (NASDAQ:NBS) and its subsidiary, Progenitor Cell Therapy, LLC (“PCT”), announced the execution of a Services Agreement with IRX Therapeutics, Inc. (“IRX”) under which PCT will provide services to support IRX’s development of IRX-2, a primary cell-derived biologic with multiple active cytokine components. IRX-2 is a cancer therapeutic designed to ...

March 10, 2014

Progenitor Cell Therapy (PCT), Announces Bi-coastal Facility Expansions

March 10, 2014 — NeoStem, Inc. (NASDAQ:NBS) (“NeoStem” or the “Company”), a leader in the emerging cellular therapy industry, and its subsidiary, Progenitor Cell Therapy, LLC (“PCT”), an internationally recognized contract development and manufacturing organization, announced today that PCT has expanded both its Allendale, NJ and Mountain View, CA current Good Manufacturing Practice (“cGMP”) ...

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