STEMCELL Technologies Inc., often abbreviated to STEMCELL, is a Canadian biotechnology company that develops, manufactures, and sells scientific instruments, reagents, and consumables.[1][2] The company also markets education, custom manufacturing, and contract assay services for academic and industrial scientists.
The company has offices in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia with the headquarter being in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The company distributes products to approximately 120 countries.[1][3] Dr. Allen Eaves, the founder, currently serves as the President and CEO.
History
Allen Eaves (MD, PhD, FRCPC), a hematologist and cancer researcher, co-founded the Terry Fox Laboratory (TFL) in Vancouver with his wife, hematologist and cancer researcher, Dr. Connie Eaves, in 1981. Allen Eaves’ research group at the TFL made their own standardized cell culture medium for growing hematopoietic stem cells in the lab. To help fund his blood cancer research program at the TFL, Eaves started selling this medium—named MethoCult™—to other research groups around the world. Eventually, the demand for MethoCult™ surpassed the capacity of Eaves’ research lab and the TFL. With a loan from Western Economic Diversification Canada and a mortgage on his house, Eaves purchased the business from the TFL and launched STEMCELL Technologies Inc. as an independent company on July 2, 1993.[4]
In 2018, STEMCELL received a $45 million grant from the Canadian and British Columbian governments toward building an Advanced Biologicals Manufacturing Facility (ABMF) in Burnaby, British Columbia.[5][6][7] The ABMF will enable the scale-up of product manufacturing under good manufacturing practice (GMP) guidelines, to support the development of regenerative medicine and cell therapy products used in clinical trials.[5]
References
^ ab"Spotlight: STEMCELL Technologies". CME. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
^"Improving the efficiency and accuracy of cell research". nrc.canada.ca. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
^"B.C.'s 'world-class' biotech sector plays key role in developing COVID-19 treatments and vaccines". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
^"Meet Allen Eaves: Academic Biologist turned CEO | Eurostemcell". www.eurostemcell.org. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
^ ab"Federal and provincial governments support creation of biotech manufacturing facility in the Lower Mainland". www.canada.ca. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
^"Hundreds of new jobs expected as B.C. biotech firm plans new facility". cbc.ca. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^"Burnaby tech company gets $45 million". Burnaby Now. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
External links
Official website
August 19, 2023
stemcell, technologies, this, article, contains, content, that, written, like, advertisement, please, help, improve, removing, promotional, content, inappropriate, external, links, adding, encyclopedic, content, written, from, neutral, point, view, april, 2023. This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view April 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message STEMCELL Technologies Inc often abbreviated to STEMCELL is a Canadian biotechnology company that develops manufactures and sells scientific instruments reagents and consumables 1 2 The company also markets education custom manufacturing and contract assay services for academic and industrial scientists STEMCELL TechnologiesTypePrivateIndustryBiotechnologyFounded1993FounderAllen EavesHeadquartersVancouver British Columbia CanadaKey peopleAllen Eaves Chairman amp CEONumber of employees gt 2000Websitestemcell wbr comThe company has offices in the United States Europe Asia and Australia with the headquarter being in Vancouver British Columbia Canada The company distributes products to approximately 120 countries 1 3 Dr Allen Eaves the founder currently serves as the President and CEO History EditAllen Eaves MD PhD FRCPC a hematologist and cancer researcher co founded the Terry Fox Laboratory TFL in Vancouver with his wife hematologist and cancer researcher Dr Connie Eaves in 1981 Allen Eaves research group at the TFL made their own standardized cell culture medium for growing hematopoietic stem cells in the lab To help fund his blood cancer research program at the TFL Eaves started selling this medium named MethoCult to other research groups around the world Eventually the demand for MethoCult surpassed the capacity of Eaves research lab and the TFL With a loan from Western Economic Diversification Canada and a mortgage on his house Eaves purchased the business from the TFL and launched STEMCELL Technologies Inc as an independent company on July 2 1993 4 Since its launch STEMCELL s products have expanded to include specialized cell culture and cell separation technologies and services used in stem cell immunology cancer regenerative medicine and cellular therapy research In 2018 STEMCELL received a 45 million grant from the Canadian and British Columbian governments toward building an Advanced Biologicals Manufacturing Facility ABMF in Burnaby British Columbia 5 6 7 The ABMF will enable the scale up of product manufacturing under good manufacturing practice GMP guidelines to support the development of regenerative medicine and cell therapy products used in clinical trials 5 References Edit a b Spotlight STEMCELL Technologies CME Retrieved 1 March 2022 Improving the efficiency and accuracy of cell research nrc canada ca 10 December 2021 Retrieved 1 March 2022 B C s world class biotech sector plays key role in developing COVID 19 treatments and vaccines Vancouver Sun Retrieved 1 March 2022 Meet Allen Eaves Academic Biologist turned CEO Eurostemcell www eurostemcell org Retrieved 1 March 2022 a b Federal and provincial governments support creation of biotech manufacturing facility in the Lower Mainland www canada ca 25 April 2018 Retrieved 1 March 2022 Hundreds of new jobs expected as B C biotech firm plans new facility cbc ca Retrieved 2 March 2022 Burnaby tech company gets 45 million Burnaby Now Retrieved 2 March 2022 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stemcell Technologies amp oldid 1149395812, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
