GERMANTOWN, MD--(Marketwired - Mar 8, 2017) - Orgenesis Inc. (OTCQB: ORGS), a vertically-integrated biopharmaceutical company with expertise and unique experience in cell therapy development and manufacturing, today provided a business update from the Company's CEO, Vered Caplan. The Company also reported that revenue for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2016 increased 115% to $6.4 million from $3.0 million in fiscal 2015 due to growth of MaSTherCell, the Company's cell therapy manufacturing subsidiary.
Vered Caplan, CEO of Orgenesis, commented, "2016 was a transformative year for the Company and we continue to be very encouraged by the outlook for the business. A summary of our accomplishments are as follows:
"Looking ahead, through our Israeli subsidiary, we look forward to rapidly advancing our proprietary and patented AIP technology for diabetes through the regulatory and clinical pathway. We also look forward to accelerating growth in our MaSTherCell subsidiary as we expand organically around the world, and as pilot projects mature into commercialization partnerships with leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies. We also plan to apply our expertise to emerging technologies in other cell therapy markets in areas such as cell-based cancer immunotherapies and neurodegenerative diseases. We appreciate the continued support of our shareholders and look forward to providing further updates in the near future."
About Orgenesis Inc.
Orgenesis is a vertically-integrated biopharmaceutical company with expertise and unique experience in cell therapy development and manufacturing. Through its Israeli subsidiary, Orgenesis Ltd., Orgenesis is a pioneer in the development of technology designed to successfully reprogram human liver cells into glucose-responsive, fully functional, Insulin Producing Cells (IPCs). Orgenesis believes that converting the diabetic patient's own tissue into insulin-producing cells has the potential to overcome the significant issues of donor shortage, cost and exposure to chronic immunosuppressive therapy associated with islet cell transplantation. In addition, through its Belgian subsidiary, MaSTherCell S.A., a global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), Orgenesis is able to deliver optimized process industrialization capacities to cell therapy companies, and speed up the arrival of their therapies onto the market. From technology selection to business modeling, GMP manufacturing, process development, quality management and assay development, MaSTherCell's teams are fully committed to helping our customers fulfill their objective of providing sustainable and affordable therapies to their patients. The company operates in a validated and flexible facility located in the strategic center of Europe within the Walloon healthcare cluster, Biowin. This integrated approach supports Orgenesis's business philosophy of bringing to market significant life-improving medical treatments. For more information, visit www.orgenesis.com.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial uncertainties and risks. These forward-looking statements are based upon our current expectations, estimates and projections and reflect our beliefs and assumptions based upon information available to us at the date of this release. We caution readers that forward-looking statements are predictions based on our current expectations about future events. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Our actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including, but not limited to, our ability to raise working capital to support our business, the sufficiency of working capital to realize our business plans, our ability to raise the working capital needed to fund the commitments of our CDMO business, various joint ventures, development projects and the effect on these efforts of the going concern qualification in our financial statements; the progress to and timing of clinical trials for our AIP technology, the successful integration of our clinical and CDMO strategy; the development of our regeneration technology as therapeutic treatment for diabetes which could, if successful, be a cure for Type 1 Diabetes; our technology not functioning as expected; our ability to retain key employees; our ability to satisfy the rigorous regulatory requirements for new medical procedures; our competitors developing better or cheaper alternatives to our products and the risks and uncertainties discussed under the heading "RISK FACTORS" in Item 1 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2016, and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement for any reason.
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