This week, from Wednesday November 7 through Sunday November 11, Akron Biotech representatives will be attending the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 33rd Annual Meeting at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. SITC 2018 is the leading destination for scientific exchange, education and networking in the cancer immunotherapy field. As an innovative
As a scorching summer draws to a close and conference season begins, Akron will be participating at many upcoming events to further advocate for the use of higher quality ancillary materials in regenerative medicine processes. Our focus of providing affordable cGMP reagents throughout the development stages for these unique therapeutics serves to better ensure reproducibility
The 11th annual Business of Regenerative Medicine: Innovation, Clinical Translation, and Entrepreneurship Symposium took place on July 17th-18th. The event was hosted by the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in partnership with Case Western Reserve University, the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, the Parker H. Petit
The recent EMA recommendation for approval of Kymriah and Yescarta serves as yet another sign of the commercial arrival of cell therapies and their growing global appeal. As these novel therapeutics expand beyond US boundaries, Akron has taken the following steps to help our clients better understand the regional regulatory differences, innovations and tools available
Last week, the Akron team joined more than 1,600 participants from 50+ countries at the annual meeting of the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy (ISCT) in Montreal. Chaired by David DiGiusto, PhD (Stanford School of Medicine), Sarah Nikiforow, MD, PhD (Dana Farber Cancer Institute), and Denis-Claude Roy, MD, FRCPC (Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont), the meeting
Riding the commercial approvals of two CAR T immunotherapies last year, the energized regenerative medicine community will be coming together in Montreal for the Annual ISCT Global Meeting and Exhibition from Wednesday May 2nd through Saturday May 5th. Don’t miss Dr. Claudia Zylberberg, CEO of Akron Biotech, during the Quality & Operations Track speaking about
Akron Biotech was proud to be a sponsor of this year’s Innate Killer Summit held in San Diego, California. The Innate Killer Summit is the leading, dedicated end-to-end meeting serving as a catalyst to ensure successful clinical and commercial translation of NK cell immunotherapies. The most current and advanced clinical data was presented as well
The Innate Killer Summit is the leading, dedicated end-to-end meeting serving as the catalyst to ensure successful clinical and commercial translation of Natural Killer (NK) cell immunotherapies. Leading up to the March 2018 event in San Diego, CA, Akron Biotechnology CEO Claudia Zylberberg, Ph.D. shared some key issues and questions arising in the NK therapy
The kidney is an essential organ that eliminates waste from the human body by processing the blood supplied to it and removing waste via the production of urine. According to the United States Renal Data Service 2015 Annual Data Report, more than 661,000 Americans have kidney failure. Of these, 468,000 individuals are on dialysis, and
From January 22 – 25, Miami, FL will play host to the Cell & Gene Therapy World summit. Come join Akron throughout this event! On Tuesday, Jan 23 at 11:30 am, Akron CEO, Claudia Zylberberg, will be chairing a session titled, “Facing up to critical raw materials supply shortfalls – the single largest elephant in
