In exciting news, the US FDA cleared Cynata’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for a Phase 2 clinical trial of CYP-001 in patients with acute graft versus host disease (aGvHD). The planned Phase 2 clinical trial will seek to recruit approximately 60 patients with high risk aGvHD, at clinical centres in several countries, including the US and Australia. FDA clearance is a major achievement and valuation milestone for the Company.
The stock was up 10 per cent following the announcement, read the full details on The Australian:
Joining Cynata as Chief Medical Officer in October 2021, Dr Jolanta Airey sat down with ValiantCEO for International Women’s Day to discuss her motivations, her career journey to date and her advice for women in STEM. If you’d like to be inspired, the full interview is here:
In late February, Cynata received a notice of Decision to Grant from the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China (SIPO) for a patent application covering its proprietary Cymerus™ mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) technology (scroll to after the table):
With COVID shining a light on the importance of innovation in medicine with a focus on unmet needs, read Ross’ view on the work being done to improve the effectiveness of drugs and treatments, and to reduce their side effects:
CEO Dr Ross Macdonald joined ausbiz to discuss the development and the outlook for Cynata in 2022 following the receipt of a patent from Japan, the world’s second largest stem cell market.