When people think about Fujifilm, they probably aren’t
thinking about the manufacturing of fully developed human cells. Instead, the
name brings back memories of old cameras that used chemical film to take
photographs. For the 150 employees of Cellular Dynamics International, located
in Madison, WI, that changed in march of 2015 when Fujifilm of Japan bought the
company for $307 million dollars. Along with the acquisition of CDI, Fujifilm
also has a distribution deal with the Wauwatosa, Wisconsin medical imaging firm
TeraMedica Inc. The purchase of CDI makes the distribution deal permanent,
ensuring employment opportunities and further investment potential for years to
come. Fujifilm’s strong investments are putting the companies—and Wisconsin—in position to become world leaders in the development of new drugs and regenerative
therapy.
You are absolutely correct when you say we were probability not thinking about the development of human cells. The first thing that I was thinking about right away was the Cameras company. I personally never knew about this myself, which is why I had to do a little bit of research. While CDI is an innovating healthcare center, there mission is to develop and advance of therapeutics as you had already mentioned. I feel like the way things are going for them they will succeed in being one of the top world leaders in development of new drugs and regenerative therapy. I also looked at there technology's page and what they had to offer which I thought was very impressive as well.
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It's great to read your posts. Heck the investment promotion folks in Wisconsin would be very pleased to see this too! The links between imaging and regenerative medicine are interesting. You'll find many new research studies in this arena. For example: https://stemcellres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13287-016-0315-2
ReplyDeleteEvery one of your posts is so enlightening to see how much FDI is actually occurring in our state is incredible. From a myopic point of view all we hear about in the mainstream media is how bad it is here and this company is closing and that company is leaving. It is refreshing to have positive news in how the workforce and infrastructure of our state is being utilized. I really enjoy all your posts, keep up the great work!
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