Biologics

Drug company Catalent named David Schaffer, PhD, to its biologics advisory board.

Google will no longer allow advertisements for unproven or experimental medical procedures in its search results to prevent clinics from misleading patients, The Verge reports.

Here are four treatments that are in development in the biologics space:

Drugmakers Grünenthal and Mesoblast entered into a partnership to develop a biologics-based treatment for chronic lower back pain.

NervGen Pharma is planning its clinical development strategy for its compound, NVG-291, in spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis patients.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent for Lineage Cell Therapeutics' stem cell-derived treatment for spinal cord injury.

Duchenne UK awarded researchers from Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota Medical School $945,000 to advance their work around a stem cell-based therapy to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

A column by the right-leaning Independent Institute concerned the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

Here are five key developments in stem cell treatments for spine and orthopedics.

Fairlawn, Ohio-based Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center is using biologic therapies to treat anterior cruciate ligament and joint-related injuries.