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Monday, January 13, 2020 ISCT 2020 Abstract Submission Deadline Extended to January 17, 2020 at 11:59 PM ET » ISCT 2020 Abstract Submission Deadline Extended to: Friday, January 17 11:59pm EST (US & Canada) Saturday, Janu...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 ISCT Leaders Featured in the Medicine Maker 2019 Cell and Gene Therapy Supplement » ISCT Leaders Featured in the Medicine Maker 2019 Cell and Gene Therapy Supplement The Medicine Maker Cell and Gene T...
Monday, November 18, 2019 ISCT PTF tackling borderless issue of unproven cell banking » BioProcess International article features PTF efforts to address unproven cell banking. https://bioprocessintl.com/bio...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 ISCT Leaders Present October 23 at WHO as part of the 69th INN Consultation » ISCT Leaders, Jacques Galipeau, MD (Chair of the ISCT MSC Scientific Committee) and Massimo Dominici, MD (Past President a...
Monday, October 21, 2019 ISCT Statement of Concern Regarding Speculative Commercial Cell Banking Services » ISCT Statement of Concern Regarding Speculative Commercial Cell Banking Services The International Society for...
Thursday, October 17, 2019 2020 ISCT Career Achievement Award Call for Nominations » 2020 ISCT Career Achievement Award in Cell & Gene Therapy Nomination Deadline: December 1, 2019 &n...
Monday, September 16, 2019 ISCT MSC committee offers position statement on nomenclature of mesenchymal stromal cells » The ISCT MSC committee offers a position statement to clarify the nomenclature of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs). This p...
Friday, September 6, 2019 ISCT commends Google for prioritizing patient health by banning advertising for unproven CGTs » ISCT commends Google for prioritizing patient health and wellbeing by banning advertising for unproven cell and gene thera...
Monday, August 19, 2019 ISCT President Elect Speaks at International Commission on Human Germline Genome Editing » Bruce Levine, ISCT President Elect speaks at the International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Edi...
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 ISCT issues patient advice and concern on unproven T-cell preservation services » ISCT issues patient advice and concern on unproven T-cell preservation services...
Wednesday, July 10, 2019 2019 Commercialization Signature Series Meeting Report Now Available » For the third annual ISCT Commercialization Signature Series, ISCT Patron and Partner member companies gathered in Mi...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 ISCT Supports U.S. Federal Courts and FDA In Protecting Patients From Unscrupulous Stem Cell Clinics » Permanent injunction issued against Florida-based U.S. Stem Cell clinic. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/0...
Friday, June 14, 2019 ISCT NA LRA Releases Two Publications on the State of FDA and HC Regulation for CGT Products » ISCT North America Legal & Regulatory Affairs (NA LRA) Committee Releases Two Review Publications on the Current State...
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 US FDA Wins Landmark Court Decision Against For-Profit Stem Cell Clinic » Vancouver, BC, June 6, 2019 – ISCT applauds the United States Federal Court landmark decision in a case brough...
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 Telegraft Down Under Live, Final Edition - That's a Wrap! » ISCT 2019 Melbourne Day Final Day - That's a Wrap! Read the final edition here.
Friday, May 31, 2019 Telegraft Live Down Under, June 1 - The Celebration Continues » ISCT 2019 Melbourne Day 3 - The Celebrations Continue Read the Day 3 edition here .
Friday, May 31, 2019 Telegraft Down Under Live - May 31 » ISCT 2019 Melbourne Day 2 - Connecting Delegates Through Scientific, Industry and ESP Networking. Read the Day 2 edit...
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 Telegraft Down Under, May 30 – The Meeting is Underway! » The ISCT 2019 Melbourne Annual Meeting has just started but a lot has happened so far. Read the May 30 edition...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 Telegraft Down Under Live, May 29 – Connections Being Made Before Meeting Starts » ISCT 2019 Melbourne is just getting started and with that, we have released the first ever issue of Telegraft Down Under L...
Thursday, May 16, 2019 New York Times Article on Stem Cell Treatments and Unproven Therapies Reinforces the Work of ISCT » Dear ISCT Members, We would like you to be aware that the New York Times just published an article ...
Monday, April 29, 2019 ISCT’s President-Elect talks new, innovative therapies on Bloomberg News » ISCT’s President-Elect Dr. Bruce Levine sat down with Bloomberg News to talk about how innovative, approved CAR-T therapie...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 3 ISCT Leaders Recognized as Global Cell and Gene Therapy Influencers » View PDF Version Vancouver, Canada, April 23, 2019 – Every year, The Medicine Maker, a leading, global pub...
Thursday, April 18, 2019 Australia Reimburses Life-changing Kymriah CAR-T Therapy » The Australian government announced that it will reimburse young adult patients for Kymriah, which treats acute lymphoblas...
Thursday, April 4, 2019 FDA continues efforts to stop stem cell clinics and manufacturers from marketing unapproved products » The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a statement about the agency’s continued efforts to stop stem cell...
Friday, March 29, 2019 ISCT Presidential Task Force critically discusses current status of cell therapies for lung disease » Recent publication co-authored by members of the ISCT Presidential Task Force critically discusses the current...
Friday, March 1, 2019 China's Health Authority Proposes New Regulations on Gene Editing » China’s Health Authority Proposes New Regulations on Gene Editing Following the controversial news of a Chinese scie...
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 2019 ISCT Elections Now Open » 2019 ISCT Elections Now Open Vote Today and Help Shape the Future of your Society ISCT Member Voting Open February...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 FDA forecasts approval of life-saving cell and gene therapies will increase by 900% per year » FDA forecasts approval of life-saving cell and gene therapies will increase by 900% per year The US Food and Drug A...
Thursday, January 10, 2019 Brazil breakthrough in advanced therapy Regulations » Link to PDF version Link to publication of the regulatory framework by ANVISA Brazil breakthroug...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 Response to Nature Commentary "Clear up this stem-cell mess" » Response to Nature Commentary "Clear up this stem-cell mess" CLICK HERE to read the paper in Cytotherapy .
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 Kymriah Receives Australian Marketing Authorization! » Kymriah Receives Australian Marketing Authorization! CLICK HERE to view the full press release
Monday, December 10, 2018 ISCT Presidential Task Force featured in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing » ISCT Presidential Task Force featured in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Bio’s Bad Apples – Can Unproven Therapies Spoi...
Friday, December 7, 2018 ISCT Statement - Human Genome Editing » ISCT Statement - Human Genome Editing Dear ISCT Members, ISCT is a global society of clinicians, regulators...
Monday, December 3, 2018 ISCT announces MoU with SCRM and CARM » ISCT announces Memorandum of Understanding with the Strategic Center for Regenerative Medicine (SCRM), and the Council for...
Monday, November 19, 2018 ISCT publishes annual report on cell and gene therapy market authorizations » ISCT publishes annual report on cell and gene therapy market authorizations Report to enable patients and e...
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