Bluerock Therapeutics LP, a wholly owned, independently operated subsidiary of Bayer AG, has exercised its option to exclusively license OpCT-001, an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) derived cell therapy candidate for the treatment of primary photoreceptor diseases, from Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics Inc. and Opsis Therapeutics LLC.

Bluerock Therapeutics LP has reported the first in vitro and in vivo results on the company’s new cell therapy DA-02, consisting of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived dopaminergic neurons.

At the virtual Cell & Gene Meeting on the Mesa, panelists talked about the challenges and benefits of developing cell and gene therapies to treat chronic conditions.