ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX) announced that the company has amended its license from the University of Utah to expand the field of use for which BioTime is licensed to produce and market products covered by the core patents underlying HyStem® technology. Under the amended license, BioTime now is licensed worldwide for all uses, with the exception of veterinary medicine and animal health. The field of use includes, but is not limited to, all human pharmaceutical and medical device applications, all tissue engineering and regenerative medicine uses, and all research applications. Previously, BioTime’s license in the United States was not exclusive and the fields of use of the technology permitted by the license were not as broad.
