BioTime CEO Dr. Michael West to Present at the Case Western Reserve University 6th Annual Regenerative Medicine Business Education Course
ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2013-- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX), a biotechnology company that develops and markets products in the field of regenerative medicine, announced that Chief Executive Officer Michael D. West, PhD will present today at the Case Western Reserve University in the meeting "The Business of Regenerative Medicine: From Stem Cells to the Market Place" in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. West's presentation titled "Embryomics: Commercial Opportunities in the Increasing Complex Biology of Pluripotency" is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. EDT. Dr. West will describe new data relating the company's PureStem(TM) technology and cell lines potentially useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and for Alzheimer's disease research and will soon be made available for sale to the research community. The presentation is available on BioTime's website at www.biotimeinc.com/scientific-presentations. A discussion of the results presented in today's meeting is also discussed by Dr. West in his weekly video update available for viewing at www.biotimeinc.com/video-series/. About BioTime, Inc. BioTime, headquartered in Alameda, California, is a biotechnology company focused on regenerative medicine and blood plasma volume expanders. Its broad platform of stem cell technologies is enhanced through subsidiaries focused on specific fields of application. BioTime develops and markets research products in the fields of stem cells and regenerative medicine, including a wide array of proprietary PureStem(TM) cell lines, HyStem(R) hydrogels, culture media, and differentiation kits. BioTime is developing Renevia(TM) (formerly known as HyStem(R) -Rx), a biocompatible, implantable hyaluronan and collagen-based matrix for cell delivery in human clinical applications. BioTime's therapeutic product development strategy is pursued through subsidiaries that focus on specific organ systems and related diseases for which there is a high unmet medical need. BioTime's majority owned subsidiary Cell Cure Neurosciences Ltd. is developing therapeutic products derived from stem cells for the treatment of retinal and neural degenerative diseases. BioTime's subsidiary OrthoCyte Corporation is developing therapeutic applications of stem cells to treat orthopedic diseases and injuries. Another subsidiary, OncoCyte Corporation, focuses on the diagnostic and therapeutic applications of stem cell technology in cancer, including the diagnostic product PanC-Dx(TM) currently being developed for the detection of cancer in blood samples. ReCyte Therapeutics, Inc. is developing applications of BioTime's proprietary induced pluripotent stem cell technology to reverse the developmental aging of human cells to treat cardiovascular and blood cell diseases. BioTime's subsidiary LifeMap Sciences, Inc. markets GeneCards(R) , the leading human gene database, as part of an integrated database suite that also includes the LifeMap Discovery(TM) database of embryonic development, stem cell research and regenerative medicine, and MalaCards, the human disease database. LifeMap Sciences also markets BioTime research products and PanDaTox, an innovative, recently developed, searchable database that can aid in the discovery of new antibiotics and biotechnologically beneficial products. Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. is a new subsidiary being used to acquire the stem cell assets of Geron Corporation, including patents and other intellectual property, biological materials, reagents and equipment for the development of new therapeutic products for regenerative medicine. BioTime's lead product, Hextend(R) , is a blood plasma volume expander manufactured and distributed in the U.S. by Hospira, Inc. and in South Korea by CJ CheilJedang Corporation under exclusive licensing agreements. Additional information about BioTime can be found on the web at www.biotimeinc.com. |
