ReNeuron Stroke Stem Cell Therapy Advances

Encouraging early data from a Phase II trial of ReNeuron’s stem cell therapy CTX are adding to the evidence that it can improve patients with stroke disability, setting the stage for a pivotal trial next year.

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Early Phase II data from the PISCES II study of UK-based stem cell company ReNeuron’s CTX cell therapy candidate have further reinforced its promise as a treatment for stroke disability, a large unmet medical need.

Although the data from the single-arm open-label study in patients living with disability resulting from ischaemic stroke did not quite...

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