#cap-1002

Shot to the heart: J&J punts on Capricor & its cardiac stem cell program

Capricor logo from website

How is the stem cell and regenerative medicine biotech sector doing these days and does recent news about specific biotechs such as Capricor suggest issues for the sector more broadly?

Capricor had bad news earlier this year related to its stem cells for heart disease program and things just took a turn for the worse this week as pharma giant J&J severed ties with the…

Upbeat prospects for some California clinical trial efforts from CIRM

Over at the California Stem Cell Report, David Jensen is reporting on some good news from CIRM for California on the stem cell clinical trial front.

Stem cell biotechs Asterias and Capricorhave stem cell trials supported by 20+ million in CIRM funding each and have been hitting milestones. These trials are progressing and so far have good safety profiles. Asterias and CIRM have mentioned some…

Capricor Reports Encouraging Results in its DYNAMIC Trial

Capricor Therapeutics, Inc., located in Beverly Hills, CA, has announced their six-month safety and adverse event data from a Phase I clinical trial of their CAP-1002 product for patients with advanced heart failure. This clinical trial is part of the DYNAMIC or which is short for Dilated cardiomYopathy iNtervention with Allogeneic MyocardIally-regenerative Cells trial whose goal is to evaluate…