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Mathew Vincent of ACT on hESC derived RPE cells – at Stem Cells USA

Saturday, December 22nd, 2012


Mathew Vincent of ACT on hESC derived RPE cells - at Stem Cells USA RM Congress 2012
Mathew Vincent, Director of Business Development at Advanced Cell Technology, spoke at the Stem Cells USA Regenerative Medicine Congress 2012 on the topic, #39;Meaningful clinical results with hESC derived RPE cells in patients with SMD and Dry AMD. #39; The Stem Cells Regenerative Medicine Congress is where pharma, biotech, academia, government and investors come to uncover the technologies, strategies and business models that will help get stem cell and regenerative medicine treatments to market faster and more cost effectively. For more information, go to http://www.terrapinn.com/stemcellsusa. Or, check out our blog at blogs.terrapinn.com/total-biopharma for up to date information on the stem cells, RM and cord blood banking and therapeutics sectors.From:biopharmachannelViews:0 1ratingsTime:25:03More inScience Technology

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Robert Hariri of Lifebank USA on cord blood and RM space – at World Cord Blood Congress 2012 – Video

Thursday, December 20th, 2012


Robert Hariri of Lifebank USA on cord blood and RM space - at World Cord Blood Congress 2012
Dr. Robert Hariri, President of Lifebank USA spoke at the World Cord Blood Congress 2012 on the topic, #39;Increasing cord blood presence in the regenerative medicine space. #39; World Cord Blood Congress is where private and public cord blood banks, pharma and biotechs, academia and government come to debate advances in cord blood banking and therapeutics. For more information, go to http://www.terrapinn.com/cordblood. Or, check out our blog at blogs.terrapinn.com/total-biopharma for up to date information on the stem cells, RM and cord blood banking and therapeutics sectors.From:biopharmachannelViews:0 0ratingsTime:24:11More inScience Technology

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Dean Tozer of Shire Regenerative Medicine – at Stem Cells USA

Thursday, December 20th, 2012


Dean Tozer of Shire Regenerative Medicine - at Stem Cells USA Regenerative Medicine Congress 2012
Dean Tozer, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Shire Regenerative Medicine, spoke at the Stem Cells USA Regenerative Medicine Congress 2012 on the topic, #39;Going all-in: Shire #39;s $750M bet on Shire Regenerative Medicine. #39; The Stem Cells Regenerative Medicine Congress is where pharma, biotech, academia, government and investors come to uncover the technologies, strategies and business models that will help get stem cell and regenerative medicine treatments to market faster and more cost effectively. For more information, go to http://www.terrapinn.com/stemcellsusa. Or, check out our blog at blogs.terrapinn.com/total-biopharma for up to date information on the stem cells, RM and cord blood banking and therapeutics sectors.From:biopharmachannelViews:0 0ratingsTime:18:23More inScience Technology

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PhD training programme – Video

Wednesday, December 19th, 2012


PhD training programme
Stem cells regenerative medicine is an exciting and fast moving field that brings together experts in biology, medicine, chemistry, engineering and other areas to find solutions to some of the most challenging scientific and medical problems we face today. The MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh offers an integrated and structured PhD training programme in stem cells and regenerative medicine, incorporating taught and research elements to provide high-level training in theoretical and practical stem cell research. More info: http://www.crm.ed.ac.ukFrom:CRMedinburghViews:5 0ratingsTime:01:56More inPeople Blogs

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A proposed 6-step platform for the cell therapy industry to consider in combating non-compliant cell therapy treatments

Sunday, December 16th, 2012
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Further to my recent post, "Six steps to fighting non-compliant cell therapy treatments. The stuff of grey shades, spades, ivory towers and (ahem) balls.", I have crafted a 6-point platform that I propose to submit (with potential edits based on preliminary feedback) to several of the leading  industry and professional organizations for their consideration including ARM, ISCT, ISSCR, FACTAABB  ICMS, and perhaps, in due course, to patient groups, physician groups, disease-specific professional organizations (e.g, cardiology, oncology, neurology, cosmetic, etc).



I welcome comments and feedback. 


1. In addition to helping patients distinguish between compliant and non-compliant treatments (and providers) we must do more to help patients distinguish between non-compliant cell therapy treatments (and providers) which are more or less risky. 


2. Whatever we do in response to this issue should be done with an eye to being practical and helpful to patients in the real-life context of their decision about whether or not to buy a non-complaint cell therapy.


3. Our response to this issue should be based on a risk-based approach recognizing that not all non-compliance is created equal.  We should create a framework for risk-based analysis (both for us and our audiences) and focus initiatives around those which present the highest risk.


4. We recognize the problem of non-compliant cell therapies is not just a problem that exists in jurisdictions with little, no, or poor regulation but that is a growing problem even in the most highly regulated jurisdictions meaning the solution cannot be regulated it depends on education and enforcement.


5. We recognize regulatory agencies cannot enforce non-compliance on their own.  We as an industry need to complement their efforts through our own standards and enforcement.


6. Stakeholder groups should support the formation of a multi-organizational  initiative to, based on a risk-based assessment, spotlight the categories or signs of highest-risk offenders for use by patients and/or their physicians in identifying  whether or not treatments (and providers) they may be considering fall into the that category associated with the highest level of risk.


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The ROI on pant-wearing and other social media tips

Sunday, December 16th, 2012
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With many things in life, there is a payoff for doing them.  Do the dishes and the kitchen is cleaner, your household is more functional, and hopefully one or more family members notice and appreciate you for it.



For other things, however,  the people around you have such high expectations you'll do them that you only lose points if you don't but gain very little if you do.  For you, this may be true of the dishes.  Certainly I've always maintained this is true for Valentine's Day.  Get flowers and you simply maintain the relationship's status quo; fail to do anything and you lose big points fast.  


Similarly, at some point certain things become so ubiquitous that they are expected as a baseline.  This is true of putting on your pants.

The global head of social media for Ford Motor Company, Scott Monty, once asked, "What's the ROI* of putting your pants on in the morning?".   The truth is that there is very little benefit to putting on your pants other than to avoid the significant cost of not doing so.

Certainly this is true now of having a website or an email address for your company.  Unlike a couple decades ago, no company gets kudos for having a website or email addresses but it would certainly raise eyebrows of criticism if your company failed to have them.

Arguably social media participation is not quite there yet but it is, I submit, fast approaching.  Someday in the not-too-distant future you will receive the cringe of shame if your company is not active in the leading social media platforms of the day.  Today - for companies - these are LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.  This will be true irrespective of whether yours is a B2B or B2C company.
Recently I was invited to write an article for Future Medicine's special issue for the World Stem Cell Report.  I was asked to make the case for why and how participating in social media stood to benefit the scientists, companies, executives, employees, academics, activists, and other stakeholders in the cell therapy industry.  

The result is "Why the stem cell sector must engage with social media".  What I attempted to succinctly outline are the ways social media primarily benefit one's career and organization or company.


"I can tell you without the slightest hesitation of conviction – having experienced it myself and seen it repeated countless times – is that active and successful social media engagement translates into:

  • Unparalleled learning: accessing more information relevant to your discipline, specialty and company than you otherwise will. 
  • Enhanced profile: higher profile within your industry, profession, specialty and community. Social media is not the only way to build a profile but it can be very effective.
  • Wider network: more touch points and meaningful relationships with people than you otherwise will accomplish by any other means combined."
The measurable impacts and benefits are real and certainly include:
  • Traffic: "For companies, increased traffic equals increased opportunity to call readers/viewers to your intended action – interaction, citation, linking, investing, buying or engaging in some other action you solicit. For individual professionals, increased viewers translate into more chances for collaboration, citation, engagement, etc."
  • Collaboration: "There is an intrinsic correlation between one’s profile and the opportunities one has for collaboration. For companies this means finding the right partnerships, joint ventures, strategic alliances, collaborators, employees, management and so on. For individual professionals, this means more and/or better quality invites to speak, write or collaborate in other ways. It also means finding quality grad students, faculty, employees and interns
  • Revenue/IncomeThis is about translating a broader knowledge base and a wider network over which you have some level of influence (if only just that they are listening) into more money for your company, organization and yourself. For companies, this means finding the right partners, investors, customers and so on. For organizations this means finding the right donors, impressing the right grant reviewers and/or recruiting the right rain-maker faculty. For individual professionals this translates into promotions or job offers."

As I conclude my article I will conclude here:

    "In order to create the kinds of perceptions and solicit the kinds of actions we want from the world around us, we must engage the world around us. The world around us is engaging online. 

    For all kinds of selfish and selfless reasons you, your company or organization and your career will benefit from you engaging there too."

    and this prediction:

    "...in less than the blink it took for the commercial world to accept websites and email, it will seem similarly ridiculous for professionals, academics and companies to operate and succeed without actively using social media."

    ____________


    If this topic is of interest to you, here are some great resources particularly focused on the value of social media to those in life sciences.


    Canaday, M. Is Life Science Social Media Worth It Yet? Three Tenets Behind Its Relevance To Your Business. Comprendia. 6 December 2012. 


    Bersenev A. Scientific blogging as a model for professional networking online. Cellular Therapy and Transplantation. 2010;2(7). 10.3205/ctt-2010-en-000084.01. 


    Bersenev, A. Scientific blogging as a model for professional networking online. 4 August 2010. StemCellAssays.com 


    Bersenev, A. Who’s Who in the Stem Cell Blogosophere.  27 June 2011. StemCellAssays.com 


    Bishop, D.  How to bury your academic writing. Bishop’s Blog. 26 August 2012. 



    Buckler, L. If You’re Breathing, You’re in PR. Cell Therapy Blog. 11 June 2010.  

    Buckler, L. Don’t feel the pain of ignoring social media? Just wait a minute…. CellTherapyBlog.com 22 October 2008.    

    Jewell, T. Survey: How our scientists use social media. AZHealthConnections.com. 12 February 2012. 


    Knoepfer, P. Top ten tips for blogging for scientists. 2 August 2012. IPScell.com   


    Shipman, M. Why Scientists Should Publicize Their Findings – for Purely Selfish Reasons. Scientific America. Blog. 18 June 2012. 
         
    Shipman, M. A gentle introduction to Twitter for the apprehensive academic. Scientific America. Blog.  14 June 2011.  


    Small, G. Time to Tweet. Nature 2011. 479 141 2 November 2011 


    Wilcox, C. Social Media for Scientists Part 1: It’s Our Job. Scientific American Blog. 27 September 2011.  


    Wilcox, C. Social Media for Scientists Part 2: You Do Have time. Scientific American Blog. 29 September 2011.  


    Wilcox, C. Social Media for Scientists Part 3: Win-Win. Scientific American Blog. 10 October 2011.  

    Wilcox, C. Guest Editorial: It’s time to e-Volve. Taking Responsibility for Science Communication in a Digital Age. Biol Bull. 22285-87. (April 2012)  

    The Rules of Social Media.  Fast Company.  8 August 2012. 


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    The ROI on pant-wearing and other social media tips

    Sunday, December 16th, 2012
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    With many things in life, there is a payoff for doing them.  Do the dishes and the kitchen is cleaner, your household is more functional, and hopefully one or more family members notice and appreciate you for it.



    For other things, however,  the people around you have such high expectations you'll do them that you only lose points if you don't but gain very little if you do.  For you, this may be true of the dishes.  Certainly I've always maintained this is true for Valentine's Day.  Get flowers and you simply maintain the relationship's status quo; fail to do anything and you lose big points fast.  


    Similarly, at some point certain things become so ubiquitous that they are expected as a baseline.  This is true of putting on your pants.

    The global head of social media for Ford Motor Company, Scott Monty, once asked, "What's the ROI* of putting your pants on in the morning?".   The truth is that there is very little benefit to putting on your pants other than to avoid the significant cost of not doing so.

    Certainly this is true now of having a website or an email address for your company.  Unlike a couple decades ago, no company gets kudos for having a website or email addresses but it would certainly raise eyebrows of criticism if your company failed to have them.

    Arguably social media participation is not quite there yet but it is, I submit, fast approaching.  Someday in the not-too-distant future you will receive the cringe of shame if your company is not active in the leading social media platforms of the day.  Today - for companies - these are LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.  This will be true irrespective of whether yours is a B2B or B2C company.
    Recently I was invited to write an article for Future Medicine's special issue for the World Stem Cell Report.  I was asked to make the case for why and how participating in social media stood to benefit the scientists, companies, executives, employees, academics, activists, and other stakeholders in the cell therapy industry.  

    The result is "Why the stem cell sector must engage with social media".  What I attempted to succinctly outline are the ways social media primarily benefit one's career and organization or company.


    "I can tell you without the slightest hesitation of conviction – having experienced it myself and seen it repeated countless times – is that active and successful social media engagement translates into:

    • Unparalleled learning: accessing more information relevant to your discipline, specialty and company than you otherwise will. 
    • Enhanced profile: higher profile within your industry, profession, specialty and community. Social media is not the only way to build a profile but it can be very effective.
    • Wider network: more touch points and meaningful relationships with people than you otherwise will accomplish by any other means combined."
    The measurable impacts and benefits are real and certainly include:
    • Traffic: "For companies, increased traffic equals increased opportunity to call readers/viewers to your intended action – interaction, citation, linking, investing, buying or engaging in some other action you solicit. For individual professionals, increased viewers translate into more chances for collaboration, citation, engagement, etc."
    • Collaboration: "There is an intrinsic correlation between one’s profile and the opportunities one has for collaboration. For companies this means finding the right partnerships, joint ventures, strategic alliances, collaborators, employees, management and so on. For individual professionals, this means more and/or better quality invites to speak, write or collaborate in other ways. It also means finding quality grad students, faculty, employees and interns
    • Revenue/IncomeThis is about translating a broader knowledge base and a wider network over which you have some level of influence (if only just that they are listening) into more money for your company, organization and yourself. For companies, this means finding the right partners, investors, customers and so on. For organizations this means finding the right donors, impressing the right grant reviewers and/or recruiting the right rain-maker faculty. For individual professionals this translates into promotions or job offers."

    As I conclude my article I will conclude here:

      "In order to create the kinds of perceptions and solicit the kinds of actions we want from the world around us, we must engage the world around us. The world around us is engaging online. 

      For all kinds of selfish and selfless reasons you, your company or organization and your career will benefit from you engaging there too."

      and this prediction:

      "...in less than the blink it took for the commercial world to accept websites and email, it will seem similarly ridiculous for professionals, academics and companies to operate and succeed without actively using social media."

      ____________


      If this topic is of interest to you, here are some great resources particularly focused on the value of social media to those in life sciences.


      Canaday, M. Is Life Science Social Media Worth It Yet? Three Tenets Behind Its Relevance To Your Business. Comprendia. 6 December 2012. 


      Bersenev A. Scientific blogging as a model for professional networking online. Cellular Therapy and Transplantation. 2010;2(7). 10.3205/ctt-2010-en-000084.01. 


      Bersenev, A. Scientific blogging as a model for professional networking online. 4 August 2010. StemCellAssays.com 


      Bersenev, A. Who’s Who in the Stem Cell Blogosophere.  27 June 2011. StemCellAssays.com 


      Bishop, D.  How to bury your academic writing. Bishop’s Blog. 26 August 2012. 



      Buckler, L. If You’re Breathing, You’re in PR. Cell Therapy Blog. 11 June 2010.  

      Buckler, L. Don’t feel the pain of ignoring social media? Just wait a minute…. CellTherapyBlog.com 22 October 2008.    

      Jewell, T. Survey: How our scientists use social media. AZHealthConnections.com. 12 February 2012. 


      Knoepfer, P. Top ten tips for blogging for scientists. 2 August 2012. IPScell.com   


      Shipman, M. Why Scientists Should Publicize Their Findings – for Purely Selfish Reasons. Scientific America. Blog. 18 June 2012. 
           
      Shipman, M. A gentle introduction to Twitter for the apprehensive academic. Scientific America. Blog.  14 June 2011.  


      Small, G. Time to Tweet. Nature 2011. 479 141 2 November 2011 


      Wilcox, C. Social Media for Scientists Part 1: It’s Our Job. Scientific American Blog. 27 September 2011.  


      Wilcox, C. Social Media for Scientists Part 2: You Do Have time. Scientific American Blog. 29 September 2011.  


      Wilcox, C. Social Media for Scientists Part 3: Win-Win. Scientific American Blog. 10 October 2011.  

      Wilcox, C. Guest Editorial: It’s time to e-Volve. Taking Responsibility for Science Communication in a Digital Age. Biol Bull. 22285-87. (April 2012)  

      The Rules of Social Media.  Fast Company.  8 August 2012. 


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      A proposed 6-step platform for the cell therapy industry to consider in combating non-compliant cell therapy treatments

      Sunday, December 16th, 2012
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      Further to my recent post, "Six steps to fighting non-compliant cell therapy treatments. The stuff of grey shades, spades, ivory towers and (ahem) balls.", I have crafted a 6-point platform that I propose to submit (with potential edits based on preliminary feedback) to several of the leading  industry and professional organizations for their consideration including ARM, ISCT, ISSCR, FACTAABB  ICMS, and perhaps, in due course, to patient groups, physician groups, disease-specific professional organizations (e.g, cardiology, oncology, neurology, cosmetic, etc).



      I welcome comments and feedback. 


      1. In addition to helping patients distinguish between compliant and non-compliant treatments (and providers) we must do more to help patients distinguish between non-compliant cell therapy treatments (and providers) which are more or less risky. 


      2. Whatever we do in response to this issue should be done with an eye to being practical and helpful to patients in the real-life context of their decision about whether or not to buy a non-complaint cell therapy.


      3. Our response to this issue should be based on a risk-based approach recognizing that not all non-compliance is created equal.  We should create a framework for risk-based analysis (both for us and our audiences) and focus initiatives around those which present the highest risk.


      4. We recognize the problem of non-compliant cell therapies is not just a problem that exists in jurisdictions with little, no, or poor regulation but that is a growing problem even in the most highly regulated jurisdictions meaning the solution cannot be regulated it depends on education and enforcement.


      5. We recognize regulatory agencies cannot enforce non-compliance on their own.  We as an industry need to complement their efforts through our own standards and enforcement.


      6. Stakeholder groups should support the formation of a multi-organizational  initiative to, based on a risk-based assessment, spotlight the categories or signs of highest-risk offenders for use by patients and/or their physicians in identifying  whether or not treatments (and providers) they may be considering fall into the that category associated with the highest level of risk.


      What do you think?

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      Regenerative Medicine Center, Reviva Lebanon. – Video

      Tuesday, December 11th, 2012


      Regenerative Medicine Center, Reviva Lebanon.
      Our mission is to bring scientific innovation to patients seeking a trace of hope in new medicine therapy through cellular enhancement and medical excellence. We aim to be recognized as an all-in-one leader center in stem cell and regenerative medicine research and applications in the MENA region.From:revivamedicalViews:0 0ratingsTime:05:59More inPeople Blogs

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      Shawn Chavez, PhD, talks about research on selecting healthy embryos for IVF – Video

      Friday, December 7th, 2012


      Shawn Chavez, PhD, talks about research on selecting healthy embryos for IVF
      During in-vitro fertilization (IVF), physicians much choose among many embryos to pick the ones that are most likely to produce a successful pregnancy and health child. Shawn Chavez, PhD, a researcher at the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, talks about an automated time-lapse recording system that can accurately detect which embryos are healthiest. She discusses new research showing that a parameter called "fragmentation" is important.From:institutesofmedicineViews:3 0ratingsTime:02:05More inEducation

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      TEDxSalford – Sir Ian Wilmut – From Dolly to Curing Human Disease – Video

      Tuesday, December 4th, 2012


      TEDxSalford - Sir Ian Wilmut - From Dolly to Curing Human Disease
      Sir Ian Wilmut is a world-renowned embryologist and specialist in regenerative medicine. He is best known as the man who led the team that in 1996 first cloned a mammal, a Finn Dorset lamb named "Dolly". Dolly was the first ever clone derived from an adult cell. The research resulting in Dolly #39;s birth stemmed from efforts to genetically engineer sheep and cows in order that their milk would contain human proteins with medicinal properties, such as human antibodies. More recently he was the founding Director of the Centre for Regenerative Medicine in the University of Edinburgh. The Mission of this rapidly expanding Centre is to develop new treatments for human disease through innovative research with stem cells. The new Centre covers the full spectrum of research -- from basic mechanisms of stem cell biology, to clinical trials with stem cells and their derivatives. The aim of his own research is to be able to produce human cells for use in research and in future for treatment of diseases, such as motor Neuron Disease. In his talk he will describe the way in which the cloning research has provided revolutionary new opportunities in regenerative medicine. Credits: Camerawork: Nathan Rae Team - nathanrae.co.uk Post production: Elliott Wragg - twitter.com Audio restoration : Jorge Polvorinos - jorgepolvorinos.wordpress.com Heat of IT and Design Vlad Victor Jiman - twitter.comFrom:TEDxTalksViews:41 4ratingsTime:19:27More inNonprofits Activism

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      World Stem Cell Summit – Terzic – Video

      Tuesday, December 4th, 2012


      World Stem Cell Summit - Terzic
      The World Stem Cell Summit, December 3-5 in West Palm Beach, Fla. unites internationally renowned scientists, clinicians, students, policymakers, regulators, patient advocates, and philanthropists to share knowledge and advance collaborations in the stem cell and regenerative medicine community. The meeting includes in-depth programming and more than 150 renowned international speakers. In this video, Dr. Andre Terzic, director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine addresses the importance of the summit and the emerging field of regenerative medicine.From:mayoclinicViews:6 0ratingsTime:05:34More inScience Technology

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      The World Stem Cell Summit – Dr. Yaszemski – Video

      Tuesday, December 4th, 2012


      The World Stem Cell Summit - Dr. Yaszemski
      The World Stem Cell Summit, December 3-5 in West Palm Beach, Fla. unites internationally renowned scientists, clinicians, students, policymakers, regulators, patient advocates, and philanthropists to share knowledge and advance collaborations in the stem cell and regenerative medicine community. The meeting includes in-depth programming and more than 150 renowned international speakers, including leaders from Mayo Clinic #39;s Center for Regenerative Medicine. Among them is Mayo Clinic Dr. Michael Yaszemski. In this video he talks about the summit, the emerging field of regenerative medicine and his unique military perspective.From:mayoclinicViews:5 0ratingsTime:04:16More inScience Technology

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      World Stem Cell Summit – Windebank – Video

      Tuesday, December 4th, 2012


      World Stem Cell Summit - Windebank
      The World Stem Cell Summit, December 3-5 in West Palm Beach, Fla. unites internationally renowned scientists, clinicians, students, policymakers, regulators, patient advocates, and philanthropists to share knowledge and advance collaborations in the stem cell and regenerative medicine community. The meeting includes in-depth programming and more than 150 renowned international speakers, including leaders from Mayo Clinic #39;s Center for Regenerative Medicine. In this video, Dr. Anthony Windebank talks about the emerging field of regenerative medicine.From:mayoclinicViews:8 0ratingsTime:03:39More inScience Technology

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      Six steps to fighting non-compliant cell therapy treatments. — The stuff of grey shades, spades, ivory towers and (ahem) balls.

      Sunday, December 2nd, 2012
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      Today an article entitled "Professors Critique Stem Cell Medical Tourism" appeared in the online version of The Harvard Crimson summarizing a recent panel discussion hosted in least in part by Harvard Law School assistant professor I. Glenn Cohen and University of Alberta law professor Timothy Caulfield.  The article concludes thusly:

      The panelists emphasized that more accurate information should be provided to the public regarding stem cell treatments.

      Certainly what Cohen and Caulfield concluded is true.  It has now been true for several years.  We keep saying it.  But are we listening to ourselves?  Are we doing anything meaningful to address this?  If so, is it enough?

      Sadly (in my opinion, of course) the answer is 'not nearly enough'.*

      For several years now, experts and organizations in the cell therapy sector have been saying that more must be done to educate and assist patients who are seeking stem cell or other cell-based treatments which do not comply with existing regulation and/or widely accepted medical or clinical research practices (hereafter called "non-compliant cell therapies").  
      In my opinion, attempts to address this need by the sector's professional organizations, while important, have been unnecessarily feeble, not gone nearly far enough, and legitimately appear by many to be high-minded and pedantic. 



      Almost all efforts to-date to address this issue by ISSCR, CIRM, ISCT and others including authors such as Caufield - as laudable and needed as they are - have been focused on helping distinguish between compliant and non-compliant treatments (and providers).  This is certainly much needed.  But what is left, I submit, is an even greater unmet need.


      What almost all efforts to-date have failed to recognize or address is that where real help is needed is in helping patients distinguish between the many shades of grey among non-compliant treatments (and providers).

      Emerging organizations like ICMS (now in partnership with AABB) have recognized and attempted to address this unmet need through a commitment to create some level of certification, accreditation or standardization of clinics participating in this business of selling non-compliant cell therapies.

      While their intentions appear on-target as one meaningful way to address this unmet need and certainly their willingness to tackle this issue in a bold way is to be lauded, the ICMS is inexperienced and underfunded.  I remain hopeful that now through their new partnership with AABB they will be able to provide something that really addresses this unmet need but the jury remains out on whether they will succeed.
      Anyone who has followed this blog and/or my threads on LinkedIn know I have been thinking about and discussing this issue for some time. In a desire to move to very concrete suggestions, I want to recommend the following 6 steps to my industry colleagues and professional organizations:

      1.  50 shades of grey. Let's admit that this issue is not black-and-white but, as is almost always, involves a broad spectrum of grey in the middle.  


      In addition to helping patients distinguish between compliant and non-compliant treatments (and providers) there are a lot of ways to help patients distinguish between non-compliant cell therapy  treatments (and providers) which are more or less risky.  


      Let me use examples.  

      On the one end of the non-compliant spectrum I would put forward a clinical like Okyanos Heart Institute which (as I understand it) intends to provide cell therapy treatments in the Bahamas to US patients using the Cytori system for cardiac conditions as soon as such treatments are perfectly legal and available to European patients but years before such treatments will be available in the US.  
      Non-compliant?  Yes.  But certainly no evidence I'm aware of to support a belief that seeking treatment from them would be any more risky than travelling to Europe to receive the same treatment in a manner perfectly compliant with European regulations.
      On the other end of the spectrum are the kinds of clinics highlighted recently by 60 minutes or which are the subject of ongoing lawsuits.

      In between - in my opinion - are clinics like Stem Cell Institute and StemCellMD.

      2.  Step out of the ivory tower.  Let's recognize that in certain circumstances patients are going to go pay for non-compliant cell therapies and we must do more to help these patients than simply shake our finger and tell them they mustn't.
      For some, helping patients distinguish between the better and worst non-compliant clinics might involve a fair amount of nose-pinching but this is the equivalent of the methadone clinic for heroine addicts.  By supporting the better of two evils we are not endorsing it as 'good', we are simply recognizing it is better.

      This is a recognition that we cannot just abandon people because they made (or are going to make) decisions with which we ultimately disapprove.   It is a recognition that sometimes the most righteous thing to do is not only to help people do what we would ideally want them to do but to help them do the best they can in their circumstances and on their terms - even terms with which we may ultimately disagree.


      3.  A risk-based strategy.  Let's recognize that even the FDA triages their response to non-compliance and we would do well to do the same.  As a regulated industry we are perfectly comfortable with risk-based assessments and it should be applied here.  
      Rather than treating all non-compliance as equally evil, let's apply some risk-based analysis to the situation and develop a strategy to root out the worst (highest-risk) offenders.  
      4.  This is not just about tourism anymore - the problem has come home to roost. Let's recognize that this is no longer just a problem of patients leaving a regulated jurisdiction seeking a non-compliant treatment in a jurisdiction with no or more permissive regulation.  
      Non-compliant treatments are growing rapidly even in the most highly regulated jurisdictions.  No where is this more true than in the United States.
      5. Take responsibility.  Let's recognize that we cannot expect our regulatory enforcement agencies to do it all.  They are under-staffed and under-funded.  They - and the people we all serve - need our active participation in dealing with offenders and those risking patient safety.  
      From a self-interested perspective, we owe it to our industry to help crack down on those who put the credibility and legitimacy of cell therapies at highest risk.
      6.  Let's grow a pair and call a spade a spade.  If a non-compliant clinic is providing treatments that we believe represent a high-risk to patient safety and the industry's credibility, let's have the b*lls to call them on it.  They can't sue everyone.  
      ISSCR backed down on their stem cell tourism initiative after being threatened by lawsuits. Who has stepped up in their absence?  Individual bloggers and authors like Paul Knoeplfer, Alexey Bresenev, Leigh Turner, and myself all who have been threatened with litigation several times for having the audacity to call certain non-compliant clinics out for what we deem - in our own risk-based analysis - to be the worst offenders.  

      By way of example, several of my colleagues have recently committed to doing all they can do to call out David Steenblock and his non-compliant cell therapy treatments, many of which are provided at his clinic in California for a plethora of conditions.  In their opinion, many of his treatments represent some of worst examples of non-compliance in the United States right now.  There are many faces or fronts to his practice including http://www.davidsteenblock.comhttp://www.stemcellmd.org, http://www.strokedoctor.com, http://www.davidsteenblock.net, etc.

      If, as an industry, we act with more cohesion (collaboratively applying a risk-based assessment of non-compliant clinics) and speak with a more cohesive voice in terms of calling out those clinics and treatments which we conclude pose the greatest risk based on an objective set of criterion, this will present a multi-pronged, formidable and existential threat to clinics that they can't ignore or threaten away.
      ___

      I will be taking these 6 recommendations to any organization who will listen.  I hope you will consider doing the same.



      In the meantime - as always - I welcome your comments.


      ___

      * This is my opinion not necessarily the opinion of any clients I represent or organizations I serve. Judge me - not them - accordingly.


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      Six steps to fighting non-compliant cell therapy treatments. — The stuff of grey shades, spades, ivory towers and (ahem) balls.

      Sunday, December 2nd, 2012
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      Today an article entitled "Professors Critique Stem Cell Medical Tourism" appeared in the online version of The Harvard Crimson summarizing a recent panel discussion hosted in least in part by Harvard Law School assistant professor I. Glenn Cohen and University of Alberta law professor Timothy Caulfield.  The article concludes thusly:

      The panelists emphasized that more accurate information should be provided to the public regarding stem cell treatments.

      Certainly what Cohen and Caulfield concluded is true.  It has now been true for several years.  We keep saying it.  But are we listening to ourselves?  Are we doing anything meaningful to address this?  If so, is it enough?

      Sadly (in my opinion, of course) the answer is 'not nearly enough'.*

      For several years now, experts and organizations in the cell therapy sector have been saying that more must be done to educate and assist patients who are seeking stem cell or other cell-based treatments which do not comply with existing regulation and/or widely accepted medical or clinical research practices (hereafter called "non-compliant cell therapies").  
      In my opinion, attempts to address this need by the sector's professional organizations, while important, have been unnecessarily feeble, not gone nearly far enough, and legitimately appear by many to be high-minded and pedantic. 



      Almost all efforts to-date to address this issue by ISSCR, CIRM, ISCT and others including authors such as Caufield - as laudable and needed as they are - have been focused on helping distinguish between compliant and non-compliant treatments (and providers).  This is certainly much needed.  But what is left, I submit, is an even greater unmet need.


      What almost all efforts to-date have failed to recognize or address is that where real help is needed is in helping patients distinguish between the many shades of grey among non-compliant treatments (and providers).

      Emerging organizations like ICMS (now in partnership with AABB) have recognized and attempted to address this unmet need through a commitment to create some level of certification, accreditation or standardization of clinics participating in this business of selling non-compliant cell therapies.

      While their intentions appear on-target as one meaningful way to address this unmet need and certainly their willingness to tackle this issue in a bold way is to be lauded, the ICMS is inexperienced and underfunded.  I remain hopeful that now through their new partnership with AABB they will be able to provide something that really addresses this unmet need but the jury remains out on whether they will succeed.
      Anyone who has followed this blog and/or my threads on LinkedIn know I have been thinking about and discussing this issue for some time. In a desire to move to very concrete suggestions, I want to recommend the following 6 steps to my industry colleagues and professional organizations:

      1.  50 shades of grey. Let's admit that this issue is not black-and-white but, as is almost always, involves a broad spectrum of grey in the middle.  


      In addition to helping patients distinguish between compliant and non-compliant treatments (and providers) there are a lot of ways to help patients distinguish between non-compliant cell therapy  treatments (and providers) which are more or less risky.  


      Let me use examples.  

      On the one end of the non-compliant spectrum I would put forward a clinical like Okyanos Heart Institute which (as I understand it) intends to provide cell therapy treatments in the Bahamas to US patients using the Cytori system for cardiac conditions as soon as such treatments are perfectly legal and available to European patients but years before such treatments will be available in the US.  
      Non-compliant?  Yes.  But certainly no evidence I'm aware of to support a belief that seeking treatment from them would be any more risky than travelling to Europe to receive the same treatment in a manner perfectly compliant with European regulations.
      On the other end of the spectrum are the kinds of clinics highlighted recently by 60 minutes or which are the subject of ongoing lawsuits.

      In between - in my opinion - are clinics like Stem Cell Institute and StemCellMD.

      2.  Step out of the ivory tower.  Let's recognize that in certain circumstances patients are going to go pay for non-compliant cell therapies and we must do more to help these patients than simply shake our finger and tell them they mustn't.
      For some, helping patients distinguish between the better and worst non-compliant clinics might involve a fair amount of nose-pinching but this is the equivalent of the methadone clinic for heroine addicts.  By supporting the better of two evils we are not endorsing it as 'good', we are simply recognizing it is better.

      This is a recognition that we cannot just abandon people because they made (or are going to make) decisions with which we ultimately disapprove.   It is a recognition that sometimes the most righteous thing to do is not only to help people do what we would ideally want them to do but to help them do the best they can in their circumstances and on their terms - even terms with which we may ultimately disagree.


      3.  A risk-based strategy.  Let's recognize that even the FDA triages their response to non-compliance and we would do well to do the same.  As a regulated industry we are perfectly comfortable with risk-based assessments and it should be applied here.  
      Rather than treating all non-compliance as equally evil, let's apply some risk-based analysis to the situation and develop a strategy to root out the worst (highest-risk) offenders.  
      4.  This is not just about tourism anymore - the problem has come home to roost. Let's recognize that this is no longer just a problem of patients leaving a regulated jurisdiction seeking a non-compliant treatment in a jurisdiction with no or more permissive regulation.  
      Non-compliant treatments are growing rapidly even in the most highly regulated jurisdictions.  No where is this more true than in the United States.
      5. Take responsibility.  Let's recognize that we cannot expect our regulatory enforcement agencies to do it all.  They are under-staffed and under-funded.  They - and the people we all serve - need our active participation in dealing with offenders and those risking patient safety.  
      From a self-interested perspective, we owe it to our industry to help crack down on those who put the credibility and legitimacy of cell therapies at highest risk.
      6.  Let's grow a pair and call a spade a spade.  If a non-compliant clinic is providing treatments that we believe represent a high-risk to patient safety and the industry's credibility, let's have the b*lls to call them on it.  They can't sue everyone.  
      ISSCR backed down on their stem cell tourism initiative after being threatened by lawsuits. Who has stepped up in their absence?  Individual bloggers and authors like Paul Knoeplfer, Alexey Bresenev, Leigh Turner, and myself all who have been threatened with litigation several times for having the audacity to call certain non-compliant clinics out for what we deem - in our own risk-based analysis - to be the worst offenders.  

      By way of example, several of my colleagues have recently committed to doing all they can do to call out David Steenblock and his non-compliant cell therapy treatments, many of which are provided at his clinic in California for a plethora of conditions.  In their opinion, many of his treatments represent some of worst examples of non-compliance in the United States right now.  There are many faces or fronts to his practice including http://www.davidsteenblock.comhttp://www.stemcellmd.org, http://www.strokedoctor.com, http://www.davidsteenblock.net, etc.

      If, as an industry, we act with more cohesion (collaboratively applying a risk-based assessment of non-compliant clinics) and speak with a more cohesive voice in terms of calling out those clinics and treatments which we conclude pose the greatest risk based on an objective set of criterion, this will present a multi-pronged, formidable and existential threat to clinics that they can't ignore or threaten away.
      ___

      I will be taking these 6 recommendations to any organization who will listen.  I hope you will consider doing the same.



      In the meantime - as always - I welcome your comments.


      ___

      * This is my opinion not necessarily the opinion of any clients I represent or organizations I serve. Judge me - not them - accordingly.


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      Stem Cells and Insurance – Video

      Saturday, December 1st, 2012


      Stem Cells and Insurance
      The current state of the economy is uncertain and cause for concern for any business. Stem cell banks are no exception. When banks close down for any reason, its customers are immediately outraged about the money they have deposited. In the event of a stem cell bank failure, the investment is much more precious. These cells are of great interest in research because of their immense potential in regenerative medicine and other applications. A contingency plan needs to be implemented in order to protect these resources that are being used to find valuable treatments for otherwise incurable diseases.From:Alexandra KellyViews:2 0ratingsTime:02:53More inPeople Blogs

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      SCMOM 2012_UC Davis – Wheelock – Video

      Thursday, November 29th, 2012


      SCMOM 2012_UC Davis - Wheelock
      UC Davis is playing a leading role in regenerative medicine, with nearly 150 scientists working on a variety of stem cell-related research projects at campus locations in both Davis and Sacramento. The UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures, a facility supported by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), opened in 2010 on the Sacramento campus. This $62 million facility is the university #39;s hub for stem cell science. It includes Northern California #39;s largest academic Good Manufacturing Practice laboratory, with state-of-the-art equipment and manufacturing rooms for cellular and gene therapies. UC Davis also has a Translational Human Embryonic Stem Cell Shared Research Facility in Davis and a collaborative partnership with the Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine at Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California. All of the programs and facilities complement the university #39;s Clinical and Translational Science Center, and focus on turning stem cells into cures. http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/stemcellresearch Presenter: Vicki L. Wheelock, MD, Clinical Professor, Neurology, Director, HDSA Center of Excellence, Principle Investigator, CIRM Grant DR2A-05415, UC Davis Health SystemFrom:AllianceRegenMedViews:1 0ratingsTime:12:18More inScience Technology

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      SCMOM 2012_Owl Biomedical – Video

      Thursday, November 29th, 2012


      SCMOM 2012_Owl Biomedical
      Owl biomedical is an emerging company commercializing an innovative high-speed, disposable cartridge-based cell sorting platform called the Nanosorter®. The Nanosorter® enables rapid processing of large numbers of cells safely without aerosols and in a simple, readily deployable and easy to use system. The Nanosorter® platform uniquely combines the world #39;s fastest microvalve (fabricated within a microchip) and the well-proven principles of fluorescence-activated sorting of cells. Cells purified using the Nanosorter® can be employed for a wide variety of commercial applications, including: adoptive immunotherapy for treatment of cancer, stem cell therapies for regenerative medicine (eg stroke, limb ischemia, wound healing), cell-based cancer diagnostics, and a wide variety of cell-based applied research applications. Owl biomedical was founded in 2011 and is based in Santa Barbara, California. http://www.owlbiomedical.com Presenter: Jim Linton, Ph.D., MBA, President and Chief Business Officer, Owl BiomedicalFrom:AllianceRegenMedViews:7 1ratingsTime:15:31More inScience Technology

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      SCMOM 2012_Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute – Video

      Thursday, November 29th, 2012


      SCMOM 2012_Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute
      The Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute (RMI) brings together research faculty and clinicians to provide a true "bench to bedside" organization. We have five major programs of research: (i) Brain, (ii) Eye, (iii) Pancreas and Liver, (iv) Blood and (v) Skeletal. Working within each of these programs benefits from our core facilities with a focus on generating induced pluripotent stem cells from adult human skin samples and optimizing differentiation into various tissues of the human body of interest to the six programs. The pluripotent cells are used to both increase our understanding of human diseases through modeling, and provide a foundation for pre-clinical studies aimed at establishing and validating cellular therapeutic approaches to human illness. http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Research-and-Education/Institutes/Regenerative-Medicine-Institute Presenter: Clive Svendsen, Ph.D., Director, Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine InstituteFrom:AllianceRegenMedViews:1 0ratingsTime:13:27More inScience Technology

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