LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: ACTC) announced today that it has reached a supply agreement with Biologics Delivery Systems Group, Cordis Corporation (a Johnson & Johnson company), in which Biologics Delivery Systems will supply catheters for the Phase II human clinical trial of ACT’s myoblast therapy for the treatment of heart failure. Advanced Cell Technology’s myoblast therapy successfully completed Phase I human clinical trials in 2007 utilizing the therapy safely in more than forty patients. Safety of the therapy was demonstrated in four independent studies. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the company clearance to proceed with Phase II human clinical trials. The company expects its Phase II human clinical trial (CAuSMIC II) to begin shortly.
