The California Stem Cell Report Has Moved

Looking for the latest information and news about California's $12 billion stem cell and gene therapy research agency? We have moved to this new platform. 

Check out these recent developments.

It's a Tale of Ticking Clocks and Risky Endeavors

The bubble baby treatment, Orchard and CIRM's future

More than 100 CRISPR Patents 'Wiped Off the Face of the Earth'

Impact on California stem cell agency awardees yet to emerge

Pace of State Spending in California on Cell/Gene Therapy? $38K an Hour

Read the latest news about the California stem cell agency on our new platform. The link below will take you there. You can subscribe free today by clicking on the button at the end of the article below. Don't miss any of the latest doings at the $12 billion California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).  The Los Angeles Times says the California Stem Cell Report is "indispensable" reading.  More than 3 million page views can't be wrong. 

$38,000 an Hour: The Current Pace at the California Stem Cell Agency

From broke to $5.5 billion in riches; the story of the last 12 months

Life After Proposition 14: California Stem Cell Agency's Take on Its First Year with $5.5 Billion

Text of what CIRM has to say

Bluebird bio's $1.8 Million Setback on Gene Therapy: Is It a Growing Sign of Rejection of Reimbursement Profit Models?

"Some bad news about a $1.8 million gene therapy echoed across the Atlantic Ocean this week and carries implications for California’s state stem cell agency, which also is engaged in developing so-called “one-and-done” therapies. 

" The matter involves bluebird bio of Cambridge, Mass., and its proposed Zynteglo therapy for the rare blood disorder beta thalassemia. The European Union last week refused to go along with bluebird’s price for the treatment -- $1.8 million. 

"Bluebird, which spells its name in all lowercase, said it would fold up its European operations...." "This news (about bluebird) plus Orchard's departure demonstrates urgency around affordability that needs to be addressed, especially when likely sickle cell disease therapies come to fruition,” said an observer who has followed CIRM (the state stem cell agency)  for years, but declined to be identified publicly.

“The technology is similar to proven therapies in X-linked SCID and beta thalassemia that are languishing. Serious consideration needs to take place around utilizing ‘march-in’ rights built into CIRM's IP (intellectual property) policies to force the provision of these therapies in an affordable manner...."

Read more on the new platform for the California Stem Cell Report about the growing problems with "one-and-done" therapies, bringing them to the marketplace and whether public funding models need to be changed significantly.

Subscribe Free Today to the California Stem Cell Report -- - The Most Comprehensive Source for the Ins and Outs of California's $12 Billion Stem Cell Program

Don't miss important fresh news and information about California's $12 billion stem cell research agency. It is charting a new course with new opportunities and significant changes in direction, including a greater emphasis on the fast-growing gene therapy field.  

The changes already mean a lot for patients, researchers and policymakers and will have an even greater impact in the next several years.  Tracking the agency's affairs is not easy, but you can find what you need on the The California Stem Cell Report. 

Dubbed "indispensable" and "authoritative" in the Los Angeles Times, the Report is the only regular, independent source of news and information dealing with the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).  

It is news that can be found nowhere else. Plus it is comprehensive. More than 5,000 items have been published since CIRM was created in 2004. 

You can subscribe free to the California Stem Cell Report on its new platform by clicking on the "Subscribe Today!" box on the upper right of this page. Or just go to one of the following recent stories and click on the subscribe button.

California Stem Cell Agency Withholds $5.8 Million from Orchard in Bubble-Baby Flap; Money to Go to New Effort Involving Compassionate Use

California to Spend $41,000 an Hour on Stem Cell Research

'Boiling the Ocean:' California Wrestles with Billion-Dollar Decisions and Stem Cell Research

Feds Crack Down on Rogue Stem Cell Clinics; California Remains Unhurried; Expensive treatments are harming patients

 

Read All About It: Bubble Babies Hit by Suspension of Trial for Genetic Cure; California Taxpayers Paying for Trial

 "Indispensable" is what the Los Angeles Times this morning called this blog, the California Stem Cell Report. 

The comment came in a story that was triggered by our coverage of the Orchard-CIRM-UCLA bubble baby clinical trial, which was shoved aside by Orchard Therapeutics for financial reasons. That leaves a bunch of children out in the cold as far as the genetic treatment is concerned. 

UCLA says the treatment has saved the lives of more than 50 persons. 

Below is a list of the Orchard stories that we have carried on our new platform since we unearthed the issue on May 11. You can subscribe free to articles on our new home by clicking on the subscribe button in stories on the new platform. Subscribe today.

Here is the list.

Wicked' Problems, Orchard Therapeutics and Bubble Babies: A California Stem Cell Story

CaliforniaStem Cell Agency Pledges to Do "Everything" to Salvage Cure for Bubble Baby Disease

Can a California 'March-In' Save Terminally Ill 'Bubble Babies?'

Orchard's Suspension of Bubble Baby Disease Trial Earns Sharp Rebuke

Bubble Baby Cancellation Story Draws Attention in California's Largest Newspaper

Essential Reading on California's Ground-Breaking, $12 Billion, Stem Cell/Gene Therapy Research Program

 Don't miss out on news and information on the $12 billion California stem cell agency. 

Its activities affect the lives of thousands of people and have the potential to affect the lives of millions of more. Not to mention that it is venturing into new areas of health policy and research. 

Subscribe today to the California Stem Cell Report on its new platform. You can do so by clicking here and tapping the subscribe button.  Plus it's free. 

Cited as “indispensable” in the Los Angeles Times, the California Stem Cell Report is the only independent voice regularly reporting on the activities of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), as the stem cell agency is officially known. In 2012, the Institute of Medicine invited the publisher of this site to testify during its $700,000 evaluation of CIRM.

This report has covered CIRM since its inception in 2004 and has published more than 5,000 items and attracted more than 3 million page views. 

It is essential reading if you have something at stake in what CIRM does and how it spends its money.

Here are links to recent articles on the California Stem Cell Report's new platform. 

California's Sickle Cell Surge: Researchers Tackle Disease with First-Ever, Gene-Editing Clinical Trial

How Does a CIRM Work? California's Stem Cell Agency Offers Up Trail Guide to Its Ambitious $12 Billion Program

What Do California Voters Want from Their Stem Cell Agency’s Multibillion-Dollar Smorgasbord?

Boiling the Ocean:' California Wrestles with Billion-Dollar Decisions and Stem Cell Research

What Does 'Unlikely' Mean?

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The talk at the California stem cell agency this week was of ”boiling the ocean,” the meaning of “unlikely” and “DEI.” All of which involves how $5.5 billion in taxpayer dollars will be used over the next decade or so....

Read all about it on the new platform for the California Stem Cell Report. And please subscribe on the new site to keep seeing the most complete and independent source of information on the doings at the state's $12 billion therapy development enterprise.