Cell Therapy Ltd's CEO Ajan Reginald talks to TPL's Katie Osborne

11 May 2016

Following news this week that Cardiff-based cell therapy company Cell Therapy Ltd (CTL) has signed a partnership agreement giving Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo the rights to its heart failure drug Heartcel, the company’s chief executive, Ajan Reginald, spoke to TPL’s Katie Osborne about the decision.

Heartcel, an immune-modulatory progenitor (iMP), is the first allogeneic stem cell therapy to regenerate the human heart. It demonstrated a two-year MACE-free survival for all patients in a Phase II clinical trial studying myocardial regeneration.

Under the new agreement Daiichi Sankyo will take responsibility for development, regulatory approval and marketing of Heartcel in Japan, while CTL will retain full rights in the rest of the world.

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