New partnership enables launch of POCare cell therapy platform within HYGEIA Group’s hospital network

OrgenesisDec 9 2019

Orgenesis Inc. (“Orgenesis” or the “Company”), a leading cell and gene therapy enabling company providing centralized CDMO manufacturing and development services through its subsidiary Masthercell Global, Inc., as well as localized point-of-care (“POCare”) development and processing centers for therapeutic treatments, today announces a strategic partnership agreement (“Partnership”) between the HYGEIA Group and the Theracell–Orgenesis joint venture (“JV”). Under the Agreement, the JV will implement Orgenesis’ POCare cell therapy platform for clinical development and commercialization of cell and gene therapies within HYGEIA Group’s network of three hospitals in Greece. As previously announced, Orgenesis and TheraCell Advanced Biotechnology formed a JV to advance Orgenesis’ POCare platform in Greece, Cyprus, the Balkan region and selected Middle Eastern countries.

The POCare platform is designed to collect, process and supply cells within the patient care setting for various therapeutic treatments. The goal of the platform is to reduce the cost and complexity of supplying cell and gene therapies, as well as elevate quality standards by integrating automated processing units and proprietary technologies.  

HYGEIA is the first hospital network in this region to implement Orgenesis’ POCare cell therapy platform. The partnership is intended to provide HYGEIA Group with resources to advance clinical development and deliver personalized, advanced therapies across its network for a wide range of diseases in oncology, hematology, orthopedics, nephrology, dermatology and diabetes.

This partnership with the HYGEIA Group further validates the significant value proposition of our POCare platform, as it enables the development and delivery of cell and gene therapies onsite at hospitals. We believe this platform has the potential to transform the cell and gene therapy market, by bringing life-saving therapies to market in a much more time and cost-effective manner. Theracell has proven to be an ideal partner with extensive experience and capabilities in autologous cell therapy and regenerative medicine, with operations in Greece and strong relationships throughout the region. We are in active discussions to establish PoCare locations and partnerships with hospitals and healthcare networks in other countries and regions across the world.”

Vered Caplan, CEO of Orgenesis

Andreas Kartapanis, CEO, HYGEIA Group, commented:

HYGEIA Group is honored to work with Theracell and Orgenesis to become the first hospital network in Greece to provide advanced cell and gene therapies for both clinical research and patient treatment utilizing the POCare platform. We believe this partnership will provide us a strong competitive advantage in this rapidly developing field.  More importantly, this Partnership will benefit patients that will now have greater access to these important therapies.”