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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 13, 2022

Showa Denko Materials and Kidswell Bio Enter Into an Agreement for Process Development and Clinical Manufacturing of Cell Therapy Products

Tokyo, Japan - October 13, 2022. Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Hidehito Takahashi; hereinafter “Showa Denko Materials”) and Kidswell Bio Corporation (Head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Masaharu Tani; hereinafter “Kidswell Bio”) entered into an agreement to enable process development as well as clinical manufacturing...

October 12, 2022

Cellusion and Minaris Regenerative Medicine, a member of Showa Denko Materials, Enter into Business Alliance for the Manufacturing of CLS001 for a Corneal Endothelial Cell Regenerative Therapy

Allendale, NJ, USA and Yokohama, Japan - October 12, 2022 - Cellusion Inc. (CEO: Shin Hatou, M.D. Ph.D., “Cellusion”), a Japanese regenerative medicine startup aiming to solve the global corneal transplant waiting list problem with a unique differentiation induction method from iPS cells to Corneal Endothelial Cell Substitute from iPS Cells (CECSi Cells) for bullous keratopathy novel treatment...

June 27, 2022

Ixaka and Minaris Regenerative Medicine Sign Tech Transfer and GMP Manufacturing Agreement for Lead Cell Therapy Candidate REX-001

London, UK and Munich, Germany - June 27, 2022 - Ixaka Ltd Minaris Regenerative Medicine GmbH today announced that they have signed an agreement to enable technology transfer as well as clinical and commercial manufacture of REX-001.

December 20, 2021

Minaris Regenerative Medicine Appoints Hiroto Bando as New General Manager

Allendale, N.J., USA and Yokohama, Japan - Dec. 20, 2021 - Minaris Regenerative Medicine is pleased to announce new appointments to strengthen its global and regional leadership. Hiroto Bando, PhD, who joined Minaris Regenerative Medicine as Deputy General Manager.

September 9, 2021

Welcome Emmanuelle Bommier, Senior Director, Business Development, to Minaris Regenerative Medicine (United States)

ALLENDALE, NJ - September 9, 2021 - Minaris Regenerative Medicine (United States) welcomes Emmanuelle Bommier in the role of Senior Director, Business Development, effective August 30, 2021. In her role as head of business development for North America, reporting to CEO, Dr. Kazuchika Furuishi, Emmanuelle will be accountable for creating new business opportunities and client management for ...

July 21, 2021

Minaris will be the commercial manufacturer in Europe for Skysona™, bluebird bio's gene therapy for CALD

MUNICH, Germany – July 21, 2021 - Minaris Regenerative Medicine GmbH (“Minaris”), a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for the cell and gene therapy industry, will be the commercial manufacturer in Europe for SkysonaTM (elivaldogene autotemcel, Lenti-D™), a product of bluebird bio, Inc. Today, the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for ...

June 28, 2021

Minaris Regenerative Medicine Strengthens Global and Regional Leadership

ALLENDALE, NJ., USA, MUNICH, GERMANY, and YOKOHAMA, JAPAN – June 28, 2021— Minaris Regenerative Medicine is pleased to announce new appointments to strengthen its global and regional leadership. Minaris Regenerative Medicine, having facilities in the U.S., Germany, and Japan, will shift to a model of regional operational leadership on October 1, 2021. Under the new model, its three regional Chief ...

February 22, 2021

MaxiVAX and Minaris Regenerative Medicine Enter into a Manufacturing Partnership for MVX-ONCO-2 Cancer Immunotherapy

GENEVA, Switzerland and MUNICH, Germany – Feb 22, 2021 —MaxiVAX SA, a private Swiss clinical-stage biotech company developing novel anti-cancer vaccines, and Minaris Regenerative Medicine GmbH (“Minaris”), a leading contract development and manufacturing service provider for the cell and gene therapy industry, have entered into a manufacturing agreement for MVX-ONCO-2, a cell-based immunotherapy ...

January 25, 2021

Dusan Kosijer apppointed CEO of Minaris Regenerative Medicine GmbH

MUNICH, Germany – January 25, 2021- Minaris Regenerative Medicine GmbH, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for the cell and gene therapy industry fully owned by Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd., announces the appointment of Dusan Kosijer as CEO of the European operations of Minaris as of January 1, 2021. Dusan Kosijer has served as Chief Financial Officer of ...

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