ViaCyte to Present at Alliance for Regenerative Medicine's 6th Annual Cell & Gene Therapy Investor Day in New York City
ViaCyte to Present at Alliance for Regenerative Medicine's 6th Annual Cell & Gene Therapy Investor Day in New York City
ViaCyte team will also present at four additional upcoming healthcare events
SAN DIEGO, April 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- ViaCyte, Inc., a privately-held regenerative medicine company, today announced President and CEO, Paul Laikind, Ph.D., will present at Alliance for Regenerative Medicine's 6th Annual Cell & Gene Therapy Investor Day in New York. ViaCyte is developing novel stem cell-derived islet replacement therapies for insulin-requiring diabetes. To deliver a functional cure for all patients with type 1 diabetes and an important new therapy for patients with type 2 disease that require insulin to maintain control, ViaCyte is developing products with numerous advantages including a virtually unlimited supply of cells manufactured under quality-controlled conditions, and a potentially safer and more optimal route of administration.
A live webcast at the 6th Annual Cell & Gene Therapy Investor Day will be available at the time of the presentation here: http://www.arminvestorday.com/webcast.
Alliance for Regenerative Medicine 6th Annual Cell & Gene Therapy Investor Day
Speaker: Paul Laikind, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer
Date/Time: April 17, 5:00 PM EDT
Location: Metropolitan Club, New York
ViaCyte will also present at four additional upcoming healthcare events. Details of the events are as follows:
TypeOneNation Summit - San Diego 2018
Speaker: Eugene Brandon, Ph.D., Director, Strategic Relations and Communications
Date: April 22, 12:45 PM PDT
Location: La Jolla Institute, La Jolla, California
IPITA, The Transplantation Society, JDRF, and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute KOL Meeting on Stem Cell-Derived Beta Cells
Speaker: Kevin D'Amour, Ph.D., Vice President, Research and Chief Scientific Officer
Presentation: Session 4 - Moving Stem Cell Therapeutics to the Clinic
Date/Time: May 7, 3:00 PM EDT
Location: Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School, Boston
American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy Annual Meeting
Speaker: Olivia Kelly, Ph.D., Senior Director, Cell Biology
Presentation: Developing a Cell Therapy Combination Product for Diabetes
Date/Time: May 16, 8:30 AM EDT
Location: Hilton Chicago, Chicago
World Advanced Therapies and Regenerative Medicine Congress
Speaker: Mark Zimmerman, Ph.D., Vice President, Operations and Business Development
Presentation: New data on a novel stem cell combination product for diabetes - development and clinical update
Date/Time: May 17, 3:30 PM BST
Location: Business Design Centre, London
About ViaCyte
ViaCyte is a privately-held regenerative medicine company developing novel cell replacement therapies as potential long-term diabetes treatments to achieve glucose control targets and reduce the risk of hypoglycemia and diabetes-related complications. ViaCyte's product candidates are based on the derivation of pancreatic progenitor cells from stem cells, which are then implanted in durable and retrievable cell delivery devices. Once implanted and matured, these cells are designed to secrete insulin and other pancreatic hormones in response to blood glucose levels. ViaCyte has two product candidates in clinical-stage development. The PEC-Direct(TM) product candidate delivers the pancreatic progenitor cells in a non-immunoprotective device and is being developed for type 1 diabetes patients who have hypoglycemia unawareness, extreme glycemic lability, and/or recurrent severe hypoglycemic episodes. The PEC-Encap(TM) (also known as VC-01) product candidate delivers the same pancreatic progenitor cells in an immunoprotective device and is being developed for all patients with diabetes, type 1 and type 2, who use insulin. ViaCyte is also developing immune-evasive 'universal donor' stem cell lines, from its proprietary CyT49 cell line, which are expected to further broaden the availability of cell therapy for diabetes and other potential indications. ViaCyte is headquartered in San Diego, California. The Company is funded in part by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and JDRF. For more information on ViaCyte, please visit www.viacyte.com and connect with ViaCyte on Twitter and Facebook.
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