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BioTime, Inc.
Biological Products Except Diagnostic Substances CA, United States
NYSE MKT: BTX
Company Description
BioTime, Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on regenerative medicine and blood plasma volume expanders. Its broad platform of stem cell technologies is enhanced through subsidiaries focused on specific fields of application. BioTime develops and markets research products in the field of stem cells and regenerative medicine, including a wide array of proprietary PureStem™ cell lines, HyStem® hydrogels, culture media, and differentiation kits. BioTime is developing Renevia™ (formerly known as HyStem®-Rx), a biocompatible, implantable hyaluronan and collagen-based matrix for cell delivery in human clinical applications. BioTime's therapeutic product development strategy is pursued through subsidiaries that focus on specific organ systems and related diseases for which there is a high unmet medical need. BioTime's majority owned subsidiary Cell Cure Neurosciences Ltd. is developing therapeutic products derived from stem cells for the treatment of retinal and neural degenerative diseases. BioTime's subsidiary OrthoCyte Corporation is developing therapeutic applications of stem cells to treat orthopedic diseases and injuries. Another subsidiary, OncoCyte Corporation, focuses on the diagnostic and therapeutic applications of stem cell technology in cancer, including the diagnostic product PanC-Dx™ currently being developed for the detection of cancer in blood samples. ReCyte Therapeutics, Inc. is developing applications of BioTime's proprietary induced pluripotent stem cell technology to reverse the developmental aging of human cells to treat cardiovascular and blood cell diseases. BioTime's subsidiary LifeMap Sciences, Inc. markets GeneCards®, the leading human gene database, and is developing an integrated database suite to complement GeneCards® that will also include the LifeMap Discovery™ database of embryonic development, stem cell research and regenerative medicine, and MalaCards, the human disease database. LifeMap will also market BioTime research products. BioTime Acquisition Corporation (“BAC”) is a subsidiary being used to acquire the stem cell assets of Geron Corporation, including patents and other intellectual property, biological materials, reagents and equipment. BioTime's lead product, Hextend®, is a blood plasma volume expander manufactured and distributed in the U.S. by Hospira, Inc. and in South Korea by CJ CheilJedang Corporation under exclusive licensing agreements. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Alameda, CA.
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Executives
- Dr. Michael West , Chief Executive Officer
- Michael D. West, Ph.D. became our Chief Executive Officer during October 2007, and has served on the Board of Directors since 2002. Prior to becoming our Chief Executive Officer, Dr. West served as Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chief Scientific Officer of Advanced Cell Technology, Inc., a company engaged in developing human stem cell technology for use in regenerative medicine. Dr. West also founded Geron Corporation of Menlo Park, California, and from 1990 to 1998 he was a Director and Vice-President, where he initiated and managed programs in telomerase diagnostics, oligonucleotide-based telomerase inhibition as anti-tumor therapy, and the cloning and use of telomerase in telomerase-mediated therapy wherein telomerase is utilized to immortalize human cells. From 1995 to 1998 he organized and managed the research between Geron and its academic collaborators James Thomson and John Gearhart that led to the first isolation of human embryonic stem and human embryonic germ cells. Dr. West received a B.S. Degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1976, an M.S. Degree in Biology from Andrews University in 1982, and a Ph.D. from Baylor College of Medicine in 1989 concentrating on the biology of cellular aging.
- Robert W. Peabody, CPA, Senior Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer
- Robert W. Peabody, CPA, is our Senior Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining BioTime in October 2007, Mr. Peabody served as Vice-President of Grant Administration for Advanced Cell Technology, Inc., and also served on their board of directors from 1998 to 2006. Prior to joining ACT, Mr. Peabody spent 14 years as a Regional Controller for Ecolab, Inc., a Fortune 500 specialty chemical manufacturer and service company. Mr. Peabody, along with Dr. West, was a co-founder of Geron Corporation of Menlo Park, CA. He has also been an audit manager for Ernst and Young where he was on the audit staff serving the firm’s clients whose shares are publicly traded. Mr. Peabody received a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from the University of Michigan and is a Certified Public Accountant.
- William P. Tew, Ph.D. , Chief Commercial Officer
- William P. Tew, Ph.D. was appointed our Chief Commercial Officer in June 2011. Before joining BioTime, Dr. Tew was co-founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Glycosan BioSystems, Inc., which was acquired by BioTime’s subsidiary OrthoCyte Corporation in 2011. Dr. Tew founded Glycosan in 2006 and oversaw Glycosan’s development and commercialization of an array of hydrogel extracellular matrix products, generating growing revenues and building a substantial base of customers at leading research universities. In 1980, Dr. Tew founded Chesapeake Biological Laboratories (CBL), where he served as chairman and CEO for almost two decades (1981-1999), developing and manufacturing bulk pharmaceuticals, parenteral drugs, and medical devices in compliance with FDA regulations. CBL’s revenues and profits grew steadily under Dr. Tew’s leadership and the Company was acquired by Cangene Corporation for $42 million in 2001.
- Peter S. Garcia , Chief Financial Officer
- Peter S. Garcia was appointed our Chief Financial Officer in October 2011. Before joining BioTime, Mr. Garcia was the Chief Financial Officer of six biotech and high-tech companies since 1996, and was instrumental in raising over $500 million and leading multiple merger and acquisition transactions for these companies. He was most recently with Marina Biotech, Inc. managing finance and investor relations efforts as well as corporate communications, and IT and facilities functions. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Garcia was CFO of Nanosys, Inc., a leading nanotechnology company, where he led efforts in raising the largest private nanotechnology company financing in 2005 ($48 million). From 1996 to 2004, Mr. Garcia was CFO of four Bay Area biotech companies: Nuvelo, Inc.; Novacept; IntraBiotics Pharmaceuticals; and Dendreon Corp. From 1990 to 1996, he was a financial executive with Amgen, Inc. during its early days of commercializing therapeutics. Mr. Garcia graduated with honors from Stanford University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and sociology. In 1985 he earned his MBA from the University of California Los Angeles with a concentration in Finance and Accounting.
- Hal Sternberg, Ph.D. , Vice President of Research
- Hal Sternberg, Ph.D. has been our Vice President of Research since 1990 and is one of the co-founders of BioTime. Dr. Sternberg was a visiting scientist and research Associate at the University of California at Berkeley from 1985-1988, where he supervised a team of researchers studying Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Sternberg received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in Biochemistry in 1982.
- Judith Segall , Vice President of Administration and Corporate Secretary
- Judith Segall is our Vice President of Administration and Corporate Secretary, and has served on the Board of Directors from 1990 trhrough 1994 , and from 1995 through the present date. She was a cofounder of BioTime in 1990. Ms. Segall received a B.S. in Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989.