Stem Cell Innovations Signs Compound Validation Collaboration With H. Lundbeck A/S
Stem Cell Innovations, Inc. (SCLL) announced today that it had entered into an agreement to examine hepatic metabolism of a set of Lundbeck compounds using its proprietary C3A human liver cell-line. Lundbeck is a research-based pharmaceutical company, engaged in research to find new drugs for treatment of CNS disorders.
“This new collaboration shows the expanding acceptance of our C3A cell-line as an excellent platform to study human liver function,” said Stem Cell Innovations’ CEO Dr. James Kelly. “Our protected C3A cell system has intact human liver machinery, is robust and thoroughly quality controlled, all the prerequisites for larger scale in vitro efficacy and safety programs.”
C3A is SCI’s patented human liver cell line, originally developed for use in an artificial liver used to support patients waiting for transplantation. The cells exhibit a wide variety of human liver functions and are ideal for use in examining the effects of new drugs on the human liver. The application of SCI’s ACTIVTox system, based on the C3A cell line, can lead to better drugs with a decreased likelihood of causing liver toxicity.
About Stem Cell Innovations, Inc.
SCI is a cell biology company with an office in Scotch Plains, N.J., and facilities in Houston, TX and in Leiden, the Netherlands. Stem Cell Innovations proprietary, human pluripotent stem cells, known as PluriCells, have the potential to aid in drug discovery, toxicology, and cell therapy. Stem Cell Innovations is in the process of making its patented pluripotent cell lines, which are eligible for federal funding in the U.S., widely available to universities and other not-for-profit institutions to rapidly advance stem cell research.
Stem Cell Innovations is positioned to become a leading provider of toxicology testing and discovery systems for the pharmaceutical, chemical, and nutraceutical industries around the world. The development of the proprietary PluriCell technology greatly expands the Company’s currently marketed C3A human liver cell-based toxicology offerings.
Additional information is available at www.stemcellinnovations.com.
C3A and PluriCells are a Trademark of Stem Cell Innovations, Inc.
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