“With the rate in which cell therapies are moving through clinical trials, we understand how critical it is for companies to scale out manufacturing process capabilities, while still meeting clinical development timelines and remaining cost effective. We are committed to collaborating with cell therapy manufacturers on their journey from trials to industrialization, as they look to ultimately deliver these groundbreaking therapies to thousands of patients around the world,” said Ger Brophy, General Manager, Cell Therapy, GE Healthcare Life Sciences.

Through its collaboration with the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM), a leader in developing and commercializing regenerative medicine technologies and cell and gene therapies, GE Healthcare is providing CBMG with process development services. The combined GE and CCRM process development team is comprised of 35 scientists and engineers with expertise in advanced therapeutic cell technologies, helping bridge the gap between research protocols and industrial manufacturing. GE and CCRM will support CBMG in increasing process efficiency by establishing a robust process development effort focused on simplifying, integrating and automating the manufacturing workflow.


“CCRM and GE Healthcare established the Centre for Advanced Therapeutic Cell Technologies, or CATCT, to industrialize cell manufacturing and accelerate the efforts of companies working with cell and gene therapies. The partnership between CBMG and GE is an exciting opportunity for the team at CCRM to demonstrate its process development skills and knowledge in overcoming cell therapy production challenges. We look forward to enabling CBMG in its efforts to commercialize its CAR T-cell therapy to treat patients with various blood and solid tumor cancers,” said Michael May, President and CEO, CCRM.



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. CBMG recently commenced two Phase I human clinical trials in China using CAR-T to treat relapsed/refractory CD19+ B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and Refractory Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) as well as an ongoing Phase I trial in China for AlloJoin™ (CBMG’s “Off-the-Shelf” Allogeneic Human Adipose-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell) for the treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA). In 2017 CBMG was awarded $2.29 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to support pre-clinical studies of AlloJoin™ for Knee Osteoarthritis in the United States. To learn more about CBMG, please visit www.cellbiomedgroup.com.

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