Headquartered in Israel, Gamida Cell is innovative company that has become well-known for its unique approaches to hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) therapeutics. Although a small company at the time, Gamida Cell broke onto the global scene in 2003 when it announced a Phase I trial of its StemEx™ product for the treatment of leukemia and lymphoma patients.
StemEx™ was Gamida Cell’s first generation product for theex vivo (“outside the body”) expansion of cord blood stem cells, which can be utilized in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) to treat high risk cancers. [Read more…]