Cell Therapy News Volume 5.05 | Nov 1 2004

Gene Therapy Approach Reverses Diabetic Neuropathy In Animal Model, Pitt Study Finds
Article

Australian Reproductive Biologist has Advocated the Use of Hybrid Rabbit-human “Embryos” to Provide Urgently Needed Stem Cells
Article

Scientists Find Key to Iron Disorders
Discovery might help treat anemia, hemochromatosis
Article

Scientists Plan to Create 3-parent Embryos
Article

Researchers Explain Why Incompatible Blood Type Heart Transplants are Possible in Infants
Article

Fetal Tissue Restores Lost Sight
Article

Tissue-regeneration Progress Reported
Article

As the Tissue Banking Industry Readies Itself for Increased Regulatory Oversight, a New Comparative Study Proves How a Once Controversial Allograft Sterilization Method Evolved into a Major Technological and Commercial Advance
Article

Novel Protein Detection Technique Has Potential for Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment 
Article

Researchers Identify Brain Protein That Halts Progression Of Alzheimer’s
Article

The Stem Cell Cover-Up 
Article

 
Neurosurgeons Looking at Stem Cells from Skin to Fight Brain Tumors
Article

Stem Cells ‘Could Restore Vision’
Article 

Jefferson Scientists Find New Way To Convert Adult Human Stem Cells To Dopamine Neurons
Article

 
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ReNeuron Presents Further Pre-Clinical Stem Cell Data at US Conference
Article

Transplanted Human Retinal Stem Cells Can Successfully Regenerate
Article

Human Spinal Cord Cells Help Rats with Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Article

Olfactory Bulb Stem Cells And Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Article

New Treatment Blocks Cancer’s Spread
It keeps metastatic cancer cells from attacking other organs
Article 

Blocking Gene Opens Avenues for Treating Prostate Cancer
Article

Babies Born After Transplant Surgery on Eggs
Article

Kidney Transplant Brokered by For-Profit Web site
Article

Transplant Case Raises Ethical Questions
Article

Tabletop DNA Test Laboratory
Article

Dendreon Corporation’s Phase 3 D9901 Trial Shows Provenge Extends Survival In Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer
Article

Studies Report Positive Results in Preclinical Models of Stroke,Parkinson’s Disease, and Spinal Cord Injury upon Treatment with Small Molecule Activators of the Hedgehog Signaling Pathway
Article

Aastrom Biosciences Announces Plans to Expand Bone Graft Study Based on Results of Severe Fracture Treatments
Article 

                                                            Abstracts & Reviews

IgD Multiple Myeloma—a Clinical Profile and Outcome with Chemotherapy and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
Abstract

Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Growth
Abstract

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapy of Murine Protoporphyria by Methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase-mediated In Vivo Drug Selection
Abstract

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Proving Ground for Cancer Stem Cells
Abstract

Timely Reconstitution of Immune Competence Affects Clinical Outcome Following Sutologous Stem Cell Transplantation
Abstract

Antibody-Cytokine Fusion Proteins: Innovative Weapons in the War Against Cancer
Abstract

Stem-cell Vote Could Put California at Center of Biotech Universe
Article

UN Delays Cloning Vote
US speaks out in support of total cloning ban, vote may take place soon
Article

UN Secretary-General Annan Backs Stem Cell Studies, Differing with Bush
Article

American Academy of Neurology and American Neurological Association Announce Support for Embryonic and Adult Human Stem Cell Research
Article

India to Announce National Biotechnology Policy by Early 2005
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BUSINESS NEWS

Biotech Share Prices Surge Ahead of Stem Cell Vote
Article

New Jersey is Eager to Take the Lead in Promoting Stem Cell Research
Article

Agilent Technologies’ New Spin Cartridges Remove High-abundance Proteins from Blood Serum Using Benchtop Centrifuge
Simple, low-cost tools help scientists study potential biomarkers of drug toxicity and disease
Article

Pluristem Founder Dr. Shai Meretzki Takes Helm as Acting CEO
Article

Report highlights record collections, National Contact Centre
Article

Hong Kong’s CK Life Plans A$10M Biotech R&D Spending In Australia
Article

Greenpeace in Germany challenges a stem cell patent granted to a leading researcher
Article

House Of Lords Rules In TKT’s Favor On EPO Patent Claims
Article

Transkaryotic Therapies Inc. Completes Acquisition Of Minority Interest In TKT Europe-5S AB Article

Stroke Breakthrough Buoys UK Stem Cell Company
UK-based ReNeuron has unveiled evidence which could lead to a breakthrough in stroke treatment after stem cells injected into rats appeared to repair brain damage caused by stroke.
Article

European Commission Approves Amgen’s Innovative First-in-Class Treatment for a Serious Complication of Chronic Kidney Disease
Article

3DM Inc. Launches PuraMatrix Through Worldwide Partnership with BD Biosciences
PuraMatrix Smart Biomaterials Available to Life Science Researchers
Article

Sigma-Aldrich Partners with Ingex on Targeted Gene-disruption Technology
Article

New Genomic Method can Identify Disease-causing Genes
With Roche’s latest innovation, which has up to 1,000-fold greater precision than current methods, a single researcher may accomplish the task in a single afternoon.
Article

GeneOhm Sciences and Infectio Diagnostic Announce Plans to Merge
Article

Israel Keen on IT, Biotech Tie-up with India
Article

Theratechnologies AppointsYves Rosconi as President and CEO
Article

Boost Biotech in South, Report Urges
Article

MARKET REPORTS

Malachite Management has joined forces with an established and reputable author to bring you a report outlining the very latest in the Cell Therapy industry. “Cell Therapy – Technologies, Markets, and Companies” is over 400 pages of the basic technologies, clinical applications, market analysis, and company profiles related to the cell therapy industry worldwide.
For more information and to order see:

Cell Therapy Report Summary
Cell Therapy Sample Chapter
Table of Contents
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Malachite Management has joined forces with an established and reputable author to bring you a report outlining the very latest in the Gene Therapy industry. “Gene Therapy – Technologies, Markets and Companies” is 560 pages of the basic technologies, clinical applications, market analysis, and company profiles related to the gene therapy industry worldwide.
For more information and to order see:

Gene Therapy Report Summary
Gene Therapy Table of Contents Vol. 1 Vol. 2
Gene Therapy Order Form

Malachite Management Inc. has teamed up with an established publisher to bring you the latest reports in immunotherapeutic approaches to cancer. For more information and to order see:

A Shift in Cancer Immunotherapy Stategies?
Immunotherapy Strategies Executive Summary
Immunotherapy Strategies Table of Contents
Future Perspectives in Cancer Immunotherapy
Future Perspectives Executive Summary
Future PerspectivesTable of Contents
Immunotherapy Reports Order Form

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

National Chemical Genomics Center
The first component of the NIH Roadmap – marks a major step in the creation of a nationwide network that aims to provide researchers with innovative chemical tools for use in
biomedical research
Link

NCI Launches New Integrative Cancer Biology Program
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced $14.9 million in funding for a new Integrative Cancer Biology Program (ICBP).
Article

NIH Awards 1,400 New Student Loan Repayment Contracts
Article

NIH Funds New General Clinical Research Center In Sacramento
Article

All new CBER information can be reached from the What’s New page

Recall of ORTHO Antibody to HBsAg ELISA Test System 3 – Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc
Posted: 10/26/2004, Recall Date: 9/20/2004
Link

RAPS 2004 – Annual Conference and Exhibition (Slides)
Posted: 10/19/2004, Meeting Date: 10/12/2004
Link

Draft Guidance for Industry: Criteria for Safety and Efficacy Evaluation of Oxygen Therapeutics as Red Blood Cell Substitutes
Posted: 10/28/2004
Link

Docket No. 2004D-0443. Draft Guidance for Industry on Quality Systems Approach to Pharmaceutical Current Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations; Availability. Page 59256 [FR Doc. 04-22206] [TXT] [PDF] Comments due December 3, 2004
Link

Docket No. 2004S-0233, OC 2004261. Stimulating Innovation in Medical Technologies, Public Meeting. Pages 61018-61019 [FR Doc. 04-23064]
Meeting on November 8, 2004 Comments due November 15, 2004
Link

Docket No. 2004N-0436, CVM 2004248.  Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Medical Device Registration and Listing.  Pages  63156-63158 [FR Doc. 04-24192] Comments due December 28, 2004
Link

         RESOURCES

ISCT’s Cell Therapy Legal & Regulatory Affairs Online Resources Center:
 Link

The Rules Governing Medicinal Products in the European Union

WHO Quality Assurance and Safety of Medicines (QSM)

ISPE Regulatory Information (International regulatory agencies and documents)

International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) Guidances – Topics and Guidelines

Code of Practice for the Production of Human-derived Therapeutic Products (UK)

The 21CFRPart11.com Web site provides access to information on the rules and also maintains an email list that actively discusses issues and concerns with industry peers and government regulators.

The FDA home page
 Electronic FOI 
 The  FDA Dockets 
 The FDA Modernization Act of 1997 (FDAMA) 
 Current Guidances 
 Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society 
 RAPS Combination Products Resource Page. 

OTHER REGULATORY RESOURCES

Advanced Cell and Gene Therapy Consulting

Biologics Regulatory Training Institute

The Biologics Consulting Group

                                                                 
                                       

FEATURED CONFERENCE

Nov. 3-6  4th Annual Stem Cell Network Annual General Meeting, Montreal, Canada. 

 MALACHITE’S ONLINE CONFERENCE CALENDAR

For a more complete listing of conferences, see Malachite Management’s new online, interactive Cell Therapy Calendar

OTHER ONLINE CALENDARS

by The BioMaterials Network 
by The Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative
by The Tissue Engineering Pages 
by the American Society of Hematology
by the International Society for Stem Cell Research

CONFERENCES 2004

Nov. 3-6  4th Annual Stem Cell Network Annual General Meeting, Montreal, Canada. 

Nov. 4-6  BioStar Congress in Stuttgart, Germany

Nov. 4-7.  European Society of Gene Therapy (ESGT) 12th Annual Meeting. Tampere, Finland. 

Nov. 10-12 2nd Annual International Clinical Trials Summit, Westin Grand Hotel, Washington, DC 

Nov. 17-20 7th International congress of the Cell Transplant Society.  Boston, MA. 

Nov.18-19  Commercialisation of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. London, UK.

Nov. 19 Advances In Bone Marrow Transplantation Conference– Sydney Australia

Nov. 19 – 21   2004 Hanson Symposium “Stem Cells: From Biology to Therapy”.  Adelaide, South Australia. 

Nov. 22-24  2nd National Stem Cell Centre Annual Scientific Conference.  Sydney, Australia. 

Dec. 1-3 Immunogenicity for Protein-Based Therapeutics – Washington, DC

Dec. 3 Cellular Therapy: Progressing to Clinical Practice?- San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, San Diego, CA

Dec. 3-7  Amer. Society for Hematology: 46th Annual Mtg – San Diego, California – San Diego, CA

Dec. 4-8  American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) 44th Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C.

Dec. 9-10 DIA/EMEA Workshop on Gene Therapy & Cell Therapy Products.  London, UK. 

COURSES

Oct. 5-Nov. 15 The Zitter Group: Managed Care Webcast Series – New series for biotech and pharma marketers aiming to enhance reimbursement, coverage, managed care strategy, and tactical effectiveness.

Oct. 26 Inside FDA’s New cGMP Guidance: Map Your Quality System to the Requirements

Nov. 5 Analytical Validation and Regulatory Compliance Issues for the Pharma, Biotech, Medical Device and Related Industries – San Francisco, California.

Nov. 29-Dec. 1: Current Good Tissue Practice– Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nov. 30-Dec. 1: Monitoring Clinical Trials – Malvern, Pa. 

cGMP in the Transfusion Service. An online training course. Link

NIH and other stem stem cell training courses – Link

Weekly – UCSFs Human Embryonic Stem Cell Training Program (3-day training course).  Link

CONFERENCES 2005

Jan. 24-26  Phacilitate Cell & Gene Therapy Forum.  Washington DC

Feb. 10-14 Tandem BMT Meetings (Combined ASBMT and IBMTR/ABMTR annual meetings).  Keystone, Colo.

Feb. 23-25: The Clinical Trials Congress – Philadelphia
Featuring 80+ leading clinical experts incorporating Clinical Technologies, Patient Recruitment, Regulations, Strategic Partnerships, Study Design & Management and Contracts and Budgeting into 4 dynamic tracks. Janet Woodcock, MD, CBER, FDA provides a highly-anticipated update on the FDA Clinical Path Initiative. 

March 16-20  American Society of Transplantation (AST) and Canadian Society of Transplantation (CST) Annual Winter Symposium. Banff, Canada.

March 20–23  European Group for Blood & Marrow Transplantion Annual Mtg.  Prague, Czech Republic.

April 27-30 American Society for Apheresis 26th Annual Meeting Chicago, IL.  

May 18-20  2nd World Congress on Regenerative Medicine.  Leipzig, Germany. 

May 3-7.  11th Annual Meeting and Scientific Conference of the International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT) Vancouver, Canada.  (combined with Good Tissue Practices Workshop & Flow Cytometry for HSC Transplantation Workshop)

June 1-5  American Society of Gene Therapy Annual Meeting.  Saint Louis, MO. 

June 23-25  3rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. San Francisco, CA. 

Sept. 21-25  International Society of Pediatric Oncology Conference.  Vancouver, Canada. 

Sept/Oct  Second International Epithelial Mesenchymal Transfer Conference.  Vancouver, Canada. 

BioPharm International
Bioscience Technology
BioProcessing
BioProcess International 
CanBiotech Newsletter
Genetic Engineering News

International Society for Cellular Therapy – www.celltherapy.org

ISCT’s Quality Assurance Group launches online discussion board to discuss Quality Management issues via open, honest discussion by experienced, interested parties.

Read Cytotherapy in 2005! 
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The Current Issue is: Volume 6, Number 5 / October 2004

Cytotherapy publishes original research, reviews, meeting reports, special focus issues and letters in the general field of cell therapy. The scope of the journal includes includes basic and applied research with hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic stem cells , immune cells, and antigen-presenting cells. Therapeutic topics within the scope of Cytotherapy include ex-vivo and in-vivo aspects of gene therapy, immunotherapy, stem cell transplantation and tissue regeneration. Cytotherapy particularly welcomes
contributions from researchers, clinicians, technicians and individuals involved in regulatory aspects of cell therapy.
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