MSCs are multipotent cells that have been referred to as mesenchymal stem cells, medicinal signaling cells, and mesenchymal stromal cells, reflecting their versatility and diverse applications. MSCs can differentiate into a variety of cell types, such as osteoblasts, chondrocytes, myocytes, and adipocytes. Their unique ability to secrete factors that promote tissue repair and modulate their microenvironment with anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic effects makes them essential in regenerative medicine. Furthermore, their immuno-evasive properties make MSCs particularly suitable for allogenic transplantation.
MSCs serve as vital raw materials across numerous industries, including regenerative medicine, cosmeceuticals, and cultured meat production.
Key applications include:
- Cell-based therapies for musculoskeletal diseases, spinal injuries, and cardiovascular conditions.
- Engineered tissues and organs, such as skin, bone, blood vessels, and liver.
- Cell-derived products, such as exosomes and growth factors, utilized in cosmetics and skincare.
- Cultured meat production, leveraging MSCs' role in muscle development and their ability to differentiate into muscle and fat cells.
- Globally, 12 MSC-based therapies have been approved for various indications, with the majority concentrated in South Korea, Japan, and the EU.
Specifically, the Republic of Korea has approved five products: Queencell from Anterogen, Cellgram AMI from Pharmicell, Cupistem from Anterogen, Cartistem from Medipost, and NeuroNataR from Corestem. Japan has approved two products: Temcell HS from JCR Pharmaceuticals and Stemirac from Nipro Corporation. The EMA in Europe has approved two products: Holoclar from Chiesi Farmaceutici and Alofisel from TiGenix/Takeda. India has approved one product: Stempeucel from Stempeutics. Iran has approved one product: MesestroCell developed by Cell Tech Pharmed. Finally, Australia has approved one product: Remestemcel-L from Mesoblast.
Despite this progress, no MSC-based therapeutic have yet received U.S. FDA approval, although the FDA is actively reviewing Mesoblast’s Remestemcel-L.
The cosmeceutical market is also rapidly adopting MSC-derived products, particularly exosomes, to leverage their anti-aging and regenerative properties, with companies like L’Oréal and Johnson & Johnson investing heavily in this space. Similarly, cultured meat companies are utilizing MSCs for producing muscle and fat cells, enhancing taste and texture. Groundbreaking approvals, such as lab-grown chicken by Upside Foods and Good Meat, have paved the way for further growth in this industry.
MSC-based gene editing is expanding, enabling the overexpression of antitumor genes and therapeutic factors. Researchers are also exploring the use of MSCs in 3D printing and engineered organ production, with breakthroughs anticipated in the next decade.
Importantly, companies like Cynata Therapeutics are pioneering iPSC-derived MSC production technologies, enabling large-scale therapeutic development. Today there are at least eight companies who are involved with the development of iPSC-derived MSCs therapeutics (iMSCs), including Cynata Therapeutics, Eterna Therapeutics, Implant Therapeutics, Bone Therapeutics, Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Fujifilm CDI, Citius Pharmaceuticals, and Kiji Therapeutics.
There are also over 1,670 clinical trials involving MSCs are registered on ClinicalTrials.gov. Nearly 75% (three-quarters) of these clinical studies are using MSCs for the development of regenerative medicine (RM) products. Approximately 14% of the studies are using MSCs for disease modeling. The remaining 11% of the studies are using MSCs for drug discovery and cytotoxicity testing applications.
Challenges in these trials include maintaining MSC phenotype and functionality during expansion. However, ongoing advancements suggest a promising future, with projections for at least 50 globally approved MSC-based products by 2040, averaging 3-4 new approvals annually.
Key Players in MSC Research Products
The demand for MSC-based research products has surged in recent years, with major suppliers expanding their portfolios. Companies like RoosterBio have increased the access to quality MSCs through supply chain industrialization, standardized cell bank product forms, and fit-for-purpose cGMP-compatible cells and media systems.
Other leading MSC research product suppliers include PromoCell, Lonza, Thermo Fisher Scientific, STEMCELL Technologies, Miltenyi Biotec, Bio-Techne (R&D Systems), ScienCell Research Laboratories, and the ATCC.
Challenges and Opportunities
While MSC commercialization faces hurdles-such as scalability and regulatory approval-opportunities abound. The market for MSC-based products is poised for notable growth across the research, therapeutic, cosmetic, and food industries.
Within this rapidly changing landscape, having a thorough understanding of the competition is essential.
This global strategic report presents rates of MSC clinical trials, scientific publications, patents, funding events, and collaborations. It presents the pipeline for MSC-based therapeutics, identifies market opportunities and threats, and explores future directions and emerging applications. It reveals innovative MSC products, services, and technologies offered by 125 leading competitors. Finally, it presents detailed market size figures for the global MSC market, segmented by geography and business segment with future forecasts through 2031.
To learn more, please review to the accompanying Table of Contents.
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Companies Mentioned
- AGC Biologics
- AMS Biotechnology, Ltd. (AMSBIO)
- AQ Skin Solutions
- AbbVie, Inc.
- Abzena
- Adipomics, Inc.
- Advancells
- Advent Bio , Ltd.
- Aegle Therapeutics
- Aethlon Medical, Inc.
- AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.
- AlloSource, Inc.
- Ambulero
- American CryoStem Corporation
- American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
- Andelyn Biosciences
- Anemocyte S.r.l
- Anterogen, Co., Ltd.
- Arranta Bio
- Aruna Bio
- Avid Bioservices, Inc.
- Bacthera
- Baylx, Inc.
- Bio-Techne
- BioCardia
- BioCentriq
- BioEden, Inc.
- BioRestorative Therapies
- Bioinova s.r.o
- Bioscience Institute S.p.A
- Blue Horizon International, LLC
- Boehringer Ingelheim BioXcellence
- Bonus Biogroup, Ltd.
- BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics
- CCRM
- CardioCell, LLC
- Caregen Nordic
- Catalent Pharma Solutions
- CellResearch Corporation, Pte Ltd.
- Cellipont Bioservices
- Celltex Therapeutics Corporation
- Cellular Biomedicine Group, Inc.
- Celprogen, Inc.
- Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.
- Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Corestem, Inc.
- Creative Bioarray
- Cynata Therapeutics, Ltd.
- Cytovance Biologics
- Dendreon
- Direct Biologics
- EXOSOMEplus
- ElevateBio
- Exothera
- FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, Inc.
- Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies
- Future Cell Japan Co., Ltd.
- Genezen
- Hope Biosciences, LLC
- Invitrx Therapeutics
- JCR Pharmaceuticals, Co., Ltd.
- Just-Evotec Biologics, Inc.
- Kimera Labs, Inc.
- LifeCell
- Longeveron
- Lonza Group, Ltd.
- Lorem Cytori USA, Inc.
- Lykan Bioscience
- Matica Biotechnology, Inc.
- Medipost, Co., Ltd.
- Mesoblast, Ltd.
- MilliporeSigma
- NecstGen
- Novus Biologicals, LLC
- NuVasive, Inc.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.
- Personal Cell Sciences, Corp.
- Personalized Stem Cells, Inc.
- Pluristem Therapeutics, Inc.
- Porton Advanced
- PromoCell GmbH
- Regeneus, Ltd.
- Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd.
- Rentschler Biopharma
- Resilience
- Richter-HELM
- RoosterBio, Inc.
- RoslinCT
- STEMCELL Technologies, Inc.
- Samsung Biologics
- Sentien Biotechnologies, Inc.
- Smith & Nephew plc
- Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc.
- Stemmatters
- Stempeutics Research Pvt. Ltd.
- Symbiosis Pharmaceutical
- Syngene International Ltd.
- TaiwanBio Therapeutics, Co., Ltd.
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- Tempo Bioscience
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- TranstoxBio
- VIVEbiotech
- Viralgen
- Waisman Biomanufacturing
- WuXi Biologics
- Yapan Bio
- Yposkesi
- Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Methodology
The content and statistics contained within the publisher's reports are compiled using a broad range of sources, as described below.
Input Sources
- Clinical Trial Databases (ClinicalTrials.gov, International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, European Union Clinical Trials Register, Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, Others)
- Scientific Publication Databases (PubMed, Highwire Press, Google Scholar)
- Patent Databases (United States Patent and Trade Office, World Intellectual Property Organization, Google Patent Search)
- Grant Funding Databases (RePORT Database, CIRM, MRC, Wellcome Trust - UK, Others)
- Product Launch Announcements (Trade Journals, Google News)
- Industry Events (Google News, Google Alerts, Press Releases)
- Company News (SEC Filings, Investor Publications, Historical Performance)
- Social Analytics (Google Adwords, Google Trends, Twitter, Topsy.com, Hashtagify.me, BuzzSumo.com)
- Interviews with Stem Cell Industry Leaders
Research & Analysis Methodologies
The publisher employs the following techniques for deriving its market research:
- Historical Databases: As the first and only market research firm to specialize in the stem cell industry, the publisher has 13+ years of historical data on each segment of the stem cell the industry. This provides an extremely rare and robust database for establishing market size determinations, as well as making future market predictions.
- Prolific Interviews with Industry Leaders: As the global leader in stem cell industry data, the publisher has interviewed hundreds of leaders from across the stem cell industry, including the CEO of FUJIFILM CDI, FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Pluristem Therapies, Celularity, and many others.
- Industry Relationships: The research team and its President/Founder, Cade Hildreth, Chair and present at a wide range of stem cell industry events, including Phacilitate's Advanced Therapies Week, World Stem Cell Summit (WSCS), Perinatal Stem Cell Society Congress, AABB's International Cord Blood Symposium (ICBS), and other events hosted within the U.S. and worldwide.
- Global Integrated Feedback: Because the publisher maintains the world's largest stem cell industry news site that is read by nearly a million unique readers per year and the company has large social media audiences (25.7K+ followers on Linked, 21.2K+ followers on Twitter, and 4.3K+ followers on Facebook), the publisher is able to publish content relevant to the industry and receive immediate feedback/input from a global community of readers. In short, the publisher's data is crowd-sourced from market participants worldwide, including those in diverse geographic regions.
- Preliminary Research: In addition to the interviews described above, the publisher conducts market surveys, executes social media polls, and aggregates market data from stem cell industry announcements, press releases, and corporate filings/presentations.
- Secondary Research: The publisher summarizes, collects and synthesizes existing market research that is relevant to the market area of interest.
- Future Projections: Using the resources described above, the publisher is uniquely positioned to make future projections about market size, market growth by segment, market trends, technology evolution, funding activities (financing rounds, M&A, and IPOs), and importantly, market leadership (market share by company).
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