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ReNeuron Presses On With Stroke Therapy Development On Phase I Long-Term Benefits

 
• By Alexandra Shimmings

Long-term follow-up data from the Phase I PISCES study of ReNeuron's CTX cell therapy product build the case for pursuing the therapy as a potential stroke disability treatment.

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Further clinical testing of ReNeuron Group PLC's cell-based therapy CTX is warranted, experts say, after two-year follow-up data from its Phase I PISCES study just published in The Lancet showed that single intracerebral doses were associated with improved neurological function with no major adverse events.

The next important read-out for the product should come in the fourth quarter from the three-month follow-up point in the...

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