Biologics

DiscGenics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on regenerative therapies for spinal conditions, has finished enrolling patients in its Japanese study of  IDCT, an allogeneic, injectable disc cell therapy for lumbar disc degeneration.

Pacira Biosciences invested $3 million in Spine BioPharma.

Rishi Wadhwa, MD, of Shreveport, La.-based Specialists Hospital, completed the first implantation of Ventris Medical's Allocell AF allograft.

Orthobiologics company Kuros Biosciences has treated the first patient in a clinical trial comparing MagnetOs Putty to autograft for posterolateral spinal fusion.

The first two spinal surgery cases with TheraCell's TheraFuze DBF Fiber Bag were completed in Illinois and Texas.

Two professors from West Lafayette, Ind.-based Purdue University developed a shoulder implant that uses a patient's stem cells to help repair the rotator cuff.

From studies advancing spine treatment to new techniques in stem cell procedures, here are seven updates on biologics so far this year:

The global regenerative medicine market is projected to reach $39 million by 2030, up from $8.2 million in 2019, according to market research company P&S Intelligence.

Orthopedic biotechnology company Ortho Regenerative Technologies focused on developing soft tissue repair regenerative technology in 2020. For 2021, that development is expected to grow.

UC Davis Health in Sacramento, Calif., on March 1 announced the launch of the first FDA-approved human clinical trial using stem cells before birth to treat spina bifida, a defect that occurs when the spine and spinal cord do not…