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Events and congresses contributions on the subject of urethral reconstruction (urethroplasty) with MukoCell®
Authors: Prof. Guido Barbagli, Dr. med. Gouya Ram-Liebig Native oral mucosa is implanted since many years as graft for…
The ready availability of tissues and organs to replace and repair those that have been damaged is an important clinical need. The field of tissue engineering might offer an innovative solution.
In Europe TEPs, somatic cell therapy medicinal products, and gene therapy medicinal products are summarised under the term advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMP) [1,2]. TEPs contain viable autolo- gous, allogenic or xenogenic cells.
The following publication shows the development of the first urology tissue engineering product starting from preclinic to market approval in Germany:
Abstract MP9-04: Preclinical and clinical examination of tissue-engineered graft for urethral reconstruction (MukoCell®) with regard to its safety
The quality and pre-clinical data of our lead product MukoCell have been certified by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).