Complying with current Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), UroTiss manufactures MukoCell® of extreme safety and quality. MukoCell® is the world’s first autologous tissue-engineered cell therapy product for reconstruction of urethral strictures. According to EMA MukoCell® is classified as Advanced Therapeutic Medicinal Product (ATMP). The MukoCell®-Therapy procedure is already authorised and approved in Germany. The clinical data in a 36-Month follow-up period shows that MukoCell®-Therapy is safe and effective. Through MukoCell®-Therapy withdrawal of tissue form the mouth for reconstruction is not necessary anymore. In addition, it eliminates the side effects and complications associated with tissue grafting from the mouth. MukoCell®-Therapy is currently offered to more than 200 patients by 10 specialised clinics in Germany. The surgical technique and the outcomes of the MukoCell®-Therapy are published in August 2018 in the Journal of Urology.
The company have recently received the grant funding (€1.84 million) from the EU Horizon 2020 EIC SME-Instrument to further commercialise MukoCell®. The project TETUS has received one the highest points between 1280 applications and was selected as one the most innovative biomedicine projects in Europe. The project is one the five successful projects in Germany and the only one in the Nordrhein-Westfalen region. Now through this funding MukoCell® should become a Europe-wide market-ready product to be offered to the patients. ,,The support from the European Commission confirms UroTiss’s market entry strategy and is an important signal’’ said Mr Soeren Liebig, the CEO of UroTiss ,, we are pleased that MukoCell®, our company and the technology are recognised from the EC and thankful for the trust bestowed upon us’’.
The project TETUS starts from 01.08.2018 to be completed after 24 months. Mr Liebig and his team were significantly supported by the Hamburg office of innovation management company EurA AG for the realisation of the project and acquiring of the grant. EurA AG is headquartered in Ellwangen, Baden-Württemberg province of Germany and has several offices throughout Germany and a European office in Porto, Portugal. EurA AG is specialised acquiring funding through smart investment programmes, innovation management and the subsequent commercialisation of the innovation. More information about the EurA AG and the innovation network is available under www.eura-ag.de and https://www.qualitaetskontrolle-zelltherapie.de/
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