SHANGHAI, China and CUPERTINO, Calif., June 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cellular Biomedicine Group Inc . (NASDAQ: CBMG ) (“CBMG” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm engaged in the development of immunotherapies for cancer and stem cell therapies for degenerative diseases, today announced the grand opening of a new research and development center in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
“We are elated to announce the opening of a research center located in the heart of a renowned cancer cell therapy knowledge and biotech research hub,” commented Tony (Bizuo) Liu, CEO of CBMG. “This biotech ecosystem is well suited for working with top scientific talents and we believe it will help to showcase our robust oncology research pipeline to new recruits and potential collaborating partners. We intend to equip this new research center with significant laboratory capabilities. Our goal is for this research center to work closely with our R&D staff in China to assist and accelerate our research and product development process in the preclinical pipeline for our CAR-T, TCR and other technology platforms. Following the completed R&D process for these therapies, we plan to leverage our world class GMP manufacturing facilities in China to conduct clinical trials to deliver novel and effective therapies to the patients."
About Cellular Biomedicine Group Cellular Biomedicine Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBMG ) develops proprietary cell therapies for the treatment of cancer and degenerative diseases. We conduct immuno-oncology and stem cell clinical trials in China using products from our integrated GMP laboratory. Our GMP facilities in China, consisting of twelve independent cell production lines, are designed and managed according to both China and U.S. GMP standards. Our Shanghai facility includes a ”Joint Laboratory of Cell Therapy” with GE Healthcare and a “Joint Cell Therapy Technology Innovation and Application Center” with Thermo Fisher Scientific, which partnerships focus on improving manufacturing processes for cell therapies. CBMG currently has ongoing CAR-T Phase I clinical trials in China; CARD-1 for Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) and CALL-1 for adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), utilizing CBMG’s proprietary and optimized CD19 construct, a Phase IIb trial in China for Rejoin® autologous Human Adipose-derived Mesenchymal Progenitor Cell (haMPC) for the treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA) as well as a Phase I trial in China for AlloJoin™ (CBMG’s “Off-the-Shelf” haMPC) for the treatment of KOA. CBMG is included in the broad-market Russell 3000® Index and the small-cap Russell 2000® Index, and the Loncar China BioPharma index. To learn more about CBMG, please visit www.cellbiomedgroup.com .
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Contacts: Sarah Kelly Director of Corporate Communications, CBMG +1 408-973-7884 sarah.kelly@cellbiomedgroup.com
