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Successful EU initiative adds a new 3D lung airway model to Newcells Biotech’s portfolio for drug safety testing
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Newcells Biotech secures over £5m for 3D tissue models
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BY Newcells Biotech
June 13, 2018June 14, 2018
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FMS Post-Doc Symposium 2018 – Newcastle University (15th June 2018)

Dr Valeria Chichagova will be presenting at the inaugural Faculty of Medical Science (FMS) Post-Doc Symposium on Friday 15th June 2018.

BY Newcells Biotech
May 23, 2018June 13, 2018
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Dr Chichagova awarded best In Vitro Toxicology Society poster

This year’s British Toxicology Society Congress 2018 saw the IVTS Poster Prize awarded to our own Dr Valeria Chichagova, for her work in human retina models.

BY Newcells Biotech
April 13, 2018May 22, 2018
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British Toxicological Society Annual Congress 2018 – Hilton Gateshead (16th-18th April)

The Newcells Biotech team will be attending the British Toxicological Society Annual Congress 2018 that is taking place in Gateshead on 16th-18th April. 

BY Newcells Biotech
January 11, 2018June 13, 2018
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Newcells Biotech to develop 3D retinal organoids using hiPSC derived skin cells

Newcells Biotech in partnership with Newcastle University has been awarded further funding from the NC3R CRACK IT project to create 3D retinal organoids that more closely recapitulate the structure and function of the human retina.

BY Dr Mike Nicholds
December 13, 2017May 22, 2018
Blog

Current cell-based screens are poor models of human biology

Current cell assays for in vitro screening are based on genetically modified cell lines which are crude models of human biology.

BY Dr Mike Nicholds
December 13, 2017May 22, 2018
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hiPSCs derived cells in disease modelling

The discovery in 2007 that cells isolated from mature human tissues can be reprogrammed into cells that show pluripotency was a major breakthrough in stem cell science.

BY Newcells Biotech
December 1, 2017January 11, 2018
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Renal drug handing and drug-drug interactions in ADMET

Led by Dr Colin Brown, Newcells Biotech has licensed-in an in vitro ADMET assay platform from Newcastle University to determine how new drugs are transported by the kidney.

BY Newcells Biotech
September 1, 2017June 13, 2018
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Newcells Biotech joins StemBANCC consortium

Newcells Biotech has joined the StemBANCC project, a pan-EU consortium made up of major pharmaceutical and academe groups.

BY Newcells Biotech
August 1, 2017June 13, 2018
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Development of iPSC derived Conducting Airways and application to toxicity testing

Newcells Biotech have been awarded a grant to employ a PhD student to help develop models of the human lung from iPSCs.

BY Newcells Biotech
April 26, 2016June 13, 2018
News

Newcells Biotech to develop a new skin metabolism model using iPSC derived skin cells

Newcells Biotech has been successful in partnering with Newcastle University to receive funding in a £100K phase I NC3R CRACK IT project to develop a new skin metabolism model using iPSC derived skin cells.

BY Newcells Biotech
September 28, 2015June 13, 2018
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Newcells Biotech Ltd completes a licensing agreement with ID Pharma Co. Ltd for induced pluripotent stem cell technologies

Newcells Biotech Ltd has signed a patent license agreement with ID Pharma Co., Ltd to license and commercialise ID Pharma Co., Ltd patented technologies in the Sendai virus vectors for reprogramming cells to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).

BY Newcells Biotech
September 9, 2015June 13, 2018
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Newcells Biotech Ltd completes a licensing agreement with iPS Academia Japan, Inc. for induced pluripotent stem cell technologies

Newcells Biotech Ltd has signed a patent license agreement with iPS Academia Japan, Inc. to license and commercialise Kyoto University’s patented technologies in the field of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).

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Dr Colin Brown

Director of ADMET Technology

Dr Colin Brown is a leading expert in kidney transport, with research interests in renal, hepatic and GI drug transporters.
He has developed and commercialised (through Newcells Biotech Ltd) a primary cell based assay for measuring kidney transport and toxicity.
The assay has been used in a range of study protocols globally with pharma and other industries to investigate drug transport, drug-drug interaction and nephrotoxicity.

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Dr Mike Nicholds

Chief Executive Officer

Mike is Chief Executive Officer of Newcells Biotech and has an extensive commercial track record working in the biotechnology industry.
A microbiologist by training, he started his career working for ICI looking at a range of biotechnology approaches to making chemicals, polymers and food products. He worked for Zeneca (now AstraZeneca) in a range of commercial roles, leading business groups and providing contract manufacturing and development services to pharmaceutical and agrochemical companies around the world.
His experience includes senior executive and board level positions with Avecia and Chirex, including VP sales and marketing, and strategy & acquisitions director. He has been involved with several start-up companies in biotechnology over many years and has an in-depth expertise of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors.

Prof Lyle Armstrong

Chief Scientific Officer

Professor Armstrong studied chemistry at the Universities of Sheffield and Northumbria and was awarded a PhD in physical organic chemistry in 1992.
As an outcome of his PhD research into the chemistry of fluorescent molecules, he founded a contract research organisation developing and licensing diagnostic systems to identify and enumerate bacteria in biological fluids. This organisation was successful in generating a range of products that were subsequently licensed to industry and marketed as microbial diagnostic tools.
Prof Armstrong’s highly respected research group is focussed on reprogramming cells to hiPSCs and developing organoid and other complex models of human tissues. A key aspect of this investigation is researching the possible reversal of ageing during the reprogramming process and how this might be valuable for repairing organ damage or treating human diseases using iPSCs.

Dr Sandy Primrose

Non-Executive Director

Alongside his non-executive director (NXD) role at Newcells Biotech , Sandy Primrose is also NXD at Arquer Diagnostics and is actively engaged with a number of early stage companies.
Sandy is the senior partner at Business and Technology Management, a biotechnology and healthcare consultancy practice. Previously, Sandy was an academic at Warwick University and then held posts as Senior Director of Drug Development at Searle Research and Development and then managed the Life Science business of Amersham International (now part of GE).

After that he held senior management positions in a number of early stage companies as well as serving on the board of the Microbiological Research Authority (a Special Health Authority) and then the Health Protection Agency.

Dr Frank Armstrong

Dr Armstrong has held Chief Executive roles with five biopharma companies (both public and private) including FulcrumPharma PLC (AIM) and CuraGen (NASDAQ). He led Medical Science and Innovation at Merck Serono and was previously Executive Vice President of Product Development at Bayer and Senior Vice President of Medical Research and Communications at Zeneca.
Dr Armstrong is currently the Chairman of Summit Therapeutics (AIM and NASDAQ), Faron Pharmaceuticals (AIM) and Caldan Therapeutics. He is a member of the Senior Advisory Board at HealthCare Royalty Partners and an SAB Member at Epidarex Capital. Dr Armstrong is a Member of the Court of the University of Edinburgh. Dr Armstrong is a physician and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh).

Tim Levett

Tim is the chairman for Chairman at NVM Private Equity LLP, responsible for investor relations and represents NVM on the board of several companies including Newcells Biotech. He is also a non-executive director of Northern Venture Trust PLC and Northern 3 VCT PLC.

He is twice winner of the prestigious BVCA Deal of the Year award. Prior to NVM, he spent several years in senior management with companies such as Shell UK and International Paints before becoming general manager of Tremco.

In Tim’s early career he was an officer in the Royal Navy.

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