FooBarAndGrill
8月前
DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Humacyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: HUMA), a commercial-stage biotechnology platform company developing universally implantable, bioengineered human tissues at commercial scale, today announced the allowance of a U.S. Patent covering the composition of a bioengineered esophagus that can be produced using the Company’s proprietary regenerative tissue engineering platform. The patent, titled “Tubular Prostheses (Esophagus),” provides protection into 2041 of key structural and mechanical attributes for its designed use as an esophageal replacement including size, strength, and methods of production. Humacyte’s Tubular Prostheses patent family encompasses composition and methods claims for advanced tissue constructs intended to replace damaged airways, upper digestive, and urinary tracts in patients.
“Bioengineered trachea, esophagus, and urinary conduits represent novel treatment programs that target high unmet patient needs as well as highlight the versatility of our regenerative tissue engineering platform and the breadth of our product pipeline,” said Rob Kirkton, Ph.D., Executive Director of New Product and Process Development at Humacyte. With the most recent grant of patent, Humacyte has now secured coverage for composition of matter for bioengineered trachea, esophagus, and urinary conduits in the United States, Europe, Canada, and Australia. This represents an important expansion of the patent coverage for Humacyte’s platform.
Advanced tissue constructs for tracheal, esophageal, and urinary conduit replacement have been evaluated in early preclinical models with plans for future optimization and testing in large animal models. The advanced tissue construct product candidates are one component of Humacyte’s broad product pipeline that also includes acellular tissue engineered vessels (ATEV™), Coronary Tissue Engineered Vessels (CTEV) and the BioVascular Pancreas™ (BVP™). Each of these products can be produced using the same bioengineering technology and manufacturing platform as Humacyte’s Symvess™ product.
“We are pleased to continue to expand the protection surrounding our bioengineered tissue platform and related novel product candidates,” said Laura Niklason, M.D., Ph.D., Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Humacyte. “We plan to align ourselves with corporate partners where appropriate to accelerate the development of these programs.”
The esophageal replacement and other advanced tissue constructs are investigational products and have not been approved for sale by the FDA or any other regulatory agency.
https://investors.humacyte.com/news-releases/news-release-details/humacyte-announces-expansion-intellectual-property-pipeline
Rubraquercus
1年前
1. Assigned Priority Review Designation by Secretary of Defense under Law 115-92 which is used for military purposes. mrdc.health.mil/index.cfm/a...
2. In the latest Humacyte slide deck it says "Humacyte expects DOD to stockpile for deployment to sites of conflicts.
3. The Phase 2/3 clinical data included wartime injuries in both Ukraine, and Israel the two largest warzones right now.
4. In this article from 10/16/24 CEO Laura says the Department of Defense "Sponsored some of their trials". ncchamber.com/2024/10/16/du...
5. Received RMAT designation only given to products with an "unmet need" in the field fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biol....
6. The DOD gave them $1,000,000 Grant in 2017 Through the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC).
7. The DOD gave them $3,400,000 Contract Award through the BAA to support the Phase 2 studies. biospace.com/humacyte-award...