Advanced Tissue Sciences gains patent, strikes cosmetics deal and gets funds
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board has made a $20 million private placement in Advanced Tissue Sciences. At the same time the tissue engineering company has signed a deal with a cosmetics marketer to bring its nutrient solution into a number of consumer outlets, including television home shopping channels in the US. ATS has also been granted a wide-ranging patent for the reproducible manufacture of complex three-dimensional tissue structures.