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Chengdu MedGenCell Co., Ltd (hereafter referred to as "the Company") was established in 2015. It is a technology enterprise primarily engaged in the research and development of cutting-edge precision cell medicines and technical services. The company owns four GMP cell engineering rooms and quality control rooms.
The company developed the "world's first GMP-grade gene-edited T cell product" and collaborated with West China Hospital to complete the world's first clinical trial of gene-edited cells in humans. This achievement was featured on the front page of Nature magazine, which noted that it triggered a biotech competition between China and the United States. The complete Phase I clinical trial results were published in the journal Nature Medicine in 2020. In January 2024, the product received approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for IND as a Class I cellular new drug. The Company is now proceeding with its commercialization efforts according to plan.
Company Honors:
In 2015, received the Chengdu Hi-Tech Zone Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talent Award;
In 2016, named Top Innovative and Entrepreneurial Team in Sichuan Province;
In 2017, honored with the title of Top Innovative and Entrepreneurial Team in Chengdu;
In 2018, recognized by Goldman Sachs as a "milestone event in Chinese life science and technology," and ranked among the top 50 'most investable and innovative Chinese companies' by Qingsci, SoftBank, and others;
In 2020, ranked second in the growth category of the Ninth China Precision Medicine Competition held by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Evolution:
In 2014, the company’s founder, Dr. Dengtao, was brought back to China as an expert under Sichuan Province’s Thousand Talents Program to start a business;
The company was founded in 2015;
In 2016, the company collaborated with West China Hospital of Sichuan University to conduct the world's first clinical trial of a GMP-grade gene-edited T cell product "PD-1 Knockout Engineered T Cells for the Treatment of Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Single-Arm, Open-Label, Prospective Phase I Clinical Study";
In 2017, our company received investment from the Sichuan Development Industrial Revitalization Fund;
In 2020, the results of the clinical trials conducted in collaboration with West China Hospital of Sichuan University were published in the journal Nature Medicine;
In 2024, the company’s core pipeline product "PD-1 Gene-Edited T Cell Injection" received IND approval for a Class I cellular new drug from the National Medical Products Administration.