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Getting stem-cell products to market has been agonizingly slow, but some companies are getting close.
OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS INC.
Headquarters: Columbia, Md.
Business: The company is conducting a Phase III clinical trial of a stem-cell therapy used to treat graft vs. host disease, in which the immune cells from a transplanted bone marrow attack the cells of the recipient.
ATHERSYS INC.
Headquarters: Cleveland
Business: The start-up is developing stem-cell therapies to treat cardiovascular and neurological diseases and cancer.
ALDAGEN INC.
Headquarters: Durham, N.C.
Business: The company just started a Phase III clinical trial of a stem-cell treatment to improve umbilical cord blood transplants for kids with inherited metabolic diseases.
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