Tengion

About:

Tengion is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing neo-organs and neo-tissues.

Website: http://www.tengion.com

Top Investors: Bain Capital, HealthCap, Safeguard Scientifics, Deerfield Capital Management, Oxford Finance LLC

Description:

Tengion, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, is a leader in developing neo-organs and neo-tissues, currently derived from a patient's own (autologous) cells. The Company has completed two Phase 2 human clinical trial in the United States with its Tengion Neo-Bladder Augment for children with neurogenic bladder due to spina bifida and in adults with neurogenic bladder due to spinal cord injury. A successful academic human clinical experience with a urinary Neo-Bladder Augment was reported in The Lancet in April 2006 by investigators from the Children's Hospital Boston. Tengion has an effective investigational new drug application (IND) for its Neo-Urinary Conduit and expects to begin a Phase 1 clinical trial in the first half of 2010 in bladder cancer patients requiring bladder removal.