VistaGen Therapeutics is a 16-year-old biotechnology company that uses human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) technology to devise a new platform for new drug development with a core focus on drug rescue. Their commercial platforms consist of bioassay systems. Essentially, bioassay … Continue reading →

VistaGen Therapeutics is a biotechnology company whose focus is on applying pluripotent stem cell technology for drug rescue and regenerative medicine. The company, which is based out of San Francisco, has been in the business of human pluripotent stem cell … Continue reading →

In the late 1990s, VistaGen Therapeutics’ founders established the company to make their dreams a reality. The founders wanted to create human cell-based biological assay systems that provide reliable insight into the healing and harmful effects of new drug candidates … Continue reading →

Today, VistaGen Therapeutics announced that it has received broader intellectual property protection for its stem cell technology platform. The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently issued a notice of allowance (NOA) for U.S. Patent Application 12/836,275, entitled “Cell populations … Continue reading →

VistaGen Therapeutics is a San Francisco-based biotechnology company that focuses on human stem cell technology for the purposes of drug rescue, predictive toxicology, and drug metabolism screening. The company was founded in 1998 and has spent the last 16 years … Continue reading →

VistaGen’s human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) based approach to salvaging the massive outlays that are otherwise eaten when a once-promising drug candidate is dropped due to unexpected heart or liver toxicity complications (or preemptively preventing such losses), using their proprietary … Continue reading →

Today, VistaGen Therapeutics announced its membership in the Cardiac Research Safety Consortium, a public-private partnership launched in 2006 through an FDA Critical Path Initiative Memorandum of Understanding with Duke University. The consortium aims to support research efforts that evaluate the … Continue reading →

VistaGen Therapeutics believes the U.S. pharmaceutical industry is facing a drug discovery and development crisis. In 2012, the U.S. pharmaceutical industry invested over $48 billion in research and development. As a result the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) … Continue reading →

VistaGen Therapeutics is keenly aware that despite decades of well-intentioned awareness and prevention campaigns, heart disease is still the leading cause of death for both men and women. The disease kills more than 600,000 Americans each year. According to the … Continue reading →

Despite decades of awareness and prevention campaigns, heart disease remains the No. 1 cause of death for both men and women, killing more than 600,000 Americans each year. Roughly 49 percent of Americans have at least one of the three … Continue reading →