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2002 APR 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aastrom Biosciences, Inc., (ASTM), announced that it has obtained approval to affix the CE Mark to the new DCV-I Cell Therapy Kit (DCV-I), permitting its marketing and sale in Europe.
The DCV-I product provides the automated, GMP-compliant production of a complete antigen-loaded dendritic cell vaccine, based on Aastrom's proprietary cultured dendritic cell, the Dendricell. The DCV-I joins the company's lead dendritic cell product, the DC-I.
The DCV-I product will be immediately available through commercial relationships to clinical investigators and companies active in dendritic cell vaccine research and development.
"While there are numerous antigen approaches being explored to create vaccines, all require a highly active dendritic cell produced under conditions required by regulatory authorities," said R. Douglas Armstrong, PhD, president and CEO of Aastrom. "The DCV-I and DC-I products specifically address this market need, and may be used in virtually all cultured dendritic cell vaccine approaches. These 2 products give Aastrom ...