Stem Cell Firm Cellular Dynamics to Provide Heart Cells to Takeda

Stem Cell Firm Cellular Dynamics to Provide Heart Cells to Takeda

Xconomy Wisconsin — Fujifilm said it plans to use stem cells developed by Cellular Dynamics International, a Wisconsin-based company it owns, as part of a new partnership between Fujifilm and Takeda Pharmaceutical that’s aimed at developing regenerative medicine therapies.

 

Takeda and Fujifilm, both headquartered in Japan, recently signed a contract giving Takeda the global commercialization rights to therapies that use stem cell-derived heart muscle cells, which are being developed by Madison, WI-based Cellular Dynamics.

 

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