BOTHELL, Wash., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioLife Solutions, Inc. , a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of biopreservation tools for cells, tissues, and organs, today announced that it has executed a license and custom cGMP manufacturing agreement with Centocor Research & Development, Inc. The agreement includes the production of a custom variant of BioLife’s proprietary serum-free and protein-free CryoStor biopreservation media product, which is formulated with a reduced concentration of 2% DMSO.
Mike Rice, BioLife’s chairman and CEO, noted, “We are pleased with this request for a custom variant of CryoStor DLite, which will be manufactured in our Bothell cGMP production facility, which offers robust quality systems, manufacturing capacity, and flexibility in providing customer-specific biopreservation media products critical to the successful commercialization of new life-saving cellular therapy products.”
About BioLife Solutions
BioLife Solutions develops, manufactures, and markets patented hypothermic storage/transport and cryopreservation media products for cells, tissues, and organs. The Company’s proprietary HypoThermosol(R) and CryoStor(TM) platform of biopreservation media products are marketed to academic research institutions, hospitals, and commercial companies involved in cell therapy, tissue engineering, cord blood banking, drug discovery, and toxicology testing. BioLife’s GMP products are serum-free and protein-free, fully defined, and pre-formulated to reduce preservation-induced, delayed-onset cell damage and death. Comprehensive small animal intravenous safety studies have been completed on HypoThermosol and CryoStor, and both products are supported by US FDA Master Files. BioLife’s enabling technology provides research and clinical organizations significantly enhanced post-preservation cell and tissue viability and function. For more information please visit www.biolifesolutions.com.
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Web site: http://www.biolifesolutions.com/
