Asterias Biotherapeutics

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Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, focuses on developing and commercializing novel therapies in the fields of cell therapy and regenerative medicine. The company develops therapeutic products in the areas of neurology and oncology. It is developing AST-VAC1, an autologous product candidate that completed Phase II clinical trialS for the treatment of acute myelogenous leukemia; AST-VAC2, an allogeneic, or non-patient specific, cancer vaccine candidate designed to stimulate patient immune responses to telomerase that is in pre-clinical stage; and AST-OPC1, which is in Phase I/IIa clinical trials for the treatment of spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, and stroke. The company was formerly known as BioTime Acquisition Corporation and changed its name to Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. in March 2013. Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. is a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc.