RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Formulating Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Practitioners A technology-based health service
Transplantation is a medical procedure in which cells, or an organ, are extracted from one body and ‘fitted’ elsewhere, either in the same body or in an altogether different one. Transplanted entities could also be stem cells. Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a technological procedure intended for various ailments, genetic disorders or malignancies, and applied by Hemato-Oncologists at the point-of-care; the technology involves the handling of clinical-grade bioreagents/bio-components in closed systems. The clinical presentation/aspect of the treatment could be designed as a comprehensive healthcare service model. Benefits of such a model would be wide-ranging and would include cost, ease-of-use, ease of access to high-end technology as translated to a medical procedure, and measurable treatment outcomes for the targeted medical condition, such as debilitating cancers, obtained from next-generation readouts. S Dravida, Founder CEO, Transcell Biologics Lakshman Varanasi, Scientist, Instructor
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ransplantation is a compelling need in India, and one that has few and very pricey providers mismatching the necessity. The frequency of occurrence of congenital or acquired blood disorders which can be treated by Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantations (HSCT, and sometimes termed Bone Marrow Transplant, or BMT) is sufficiently large for a viable corporate opportunity. Market research for these blood-related disorders in India indicates a rewarding market for HSCT treatment. The Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Latin-American markets hold the most
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promise for the bleeding/blood disorders disease indication. Their anticipated growth is due to steady increase in investments of local governments in improving access to healthcare, and the increasing tilt by Big Pharma towards emerging econo-
mies. The blood cancer therapies market comprises leukaemia, multiple myeloma, and lymphoma; the first is further subdivided into Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML), Acute Lymphocytic Leukaemia (ALL), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia
