SRIHER Spine Surgery Team Wins Research Award in Seoul
- In May 2025, XellSmart Biopharmaceutical announced approval for a Phase I trial of an off-the-shelf iPSC-derived neural cell therapy targeting spinal cord injury .
- This approval followed over four years of development to address SCI, a severe and currently untreatable central nervous system disease affecting over 15 million people worldwide.
- The global first Phase I clinical trial using subtype-specific neural progenitor cells for spinal cord injury treatment is being conducted under the direction of the renowned spinal cord injury center affiliated with Sun Yat-sen University.
- SCI primarily impacts young and middle-aged adults, causes irreversible disability, and imposes lifetime healthcare costs exceeding USD 1 million per patient in high-income countries.
- XellSmart's initiative, with approvals from China’s NMPA and the U.S. FDA and extensive clinical trials across CNS diseases, aims to pioneer new treatments and redefine recovery possibilities for SCI patients worldwide.
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World's First -- XellSmart's Allogeneic iPSC-derived Regenerative Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury Officially Approved by the U.S. FDA for a Registrational Phase I Clinical Trial
SUZHOU, China, May 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In May 2025, XellSmart Biopharmaceutical (Suzhou/Shanghai) Co., Ltd. officially announced that XellSmart-developed off-the-shelf allogeneic iPSC-derived subtype-specific neural regenerative cell therapy has received official approval from both China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) and…
XellSmart’s iPSC Therapy for Spinal Injury Approved for Phase I Trial by U.S. FDA
SUZHOU, China, May 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In May 2025, XellSmart Biopharmaceutical (Suzhou/Shanghai) Co., Ltd. officially announced that XellSmart-developed off-the-shelf allogeneic iPSC-derived subtype-specific neural regenerative cell therapy has received official approval from both China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a Phase I clinical trial, to treat spinal cord injury…
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