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Biotech / Medical : Genzyme Tissue Repair (GZTR) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Linda Kaplan who wrote (1988)	7/13/1998 2:54:00 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2553

Linda, Epicel is an old product. It was first introduced in 1988 and is the first commercial cultured skin technology ever developed. It is now used routinely at major burn centers worldwide. This information was taken from GENZL's 1997 annual report. So, GENZL has quite a head-start on other companies. That is why I find the reduction in growing time, from 23-24 days to 16 days important. ORG and ATIS, are developing "generic" skin tissue. It would be interesting to see how this compares against GENZL's product. I would think that, since GENZL knows how to grow skin, and is heavily involved in Xenotransplantation, that the decision to grow skin grafts from the burn victim, instead of generic, was a strategic decision. Good luck, Bob