Celularity Announces Commercial Biomaterial Products Receive Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) Product Classification
FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Oct. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celularity Inc. (Nasdaq: CELU) (Celularity), a biotechnology company developing placental-derived off-the-shelf allogeneic cell therapies and advanced biomaterial products, today announced that its Halal Certified biomaterial products have been classified by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) as “Minimally Manipulated Biological Products” for importation license purposes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The SFDA independently reviewed and issued classifications for each of the following Celularity Halal Certified biomaterial products:
- FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Oct. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celularity Inc. (Nasdaq: CELU) (Celularity), a biotechnology company developing placental-derived off-the-shelf allogeneic cell therapies and advanced biomaterial products, today announced that its Halal Certified biomaterial products have been classified by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) as “Minimally Manipulated Biological Products” for importation license purposes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- The SFDA independently reviewed and issued classifications for each of the following Celularity Halal Certified biomaterial products:
Biovance®, a decellularized, dehydrated human amniotic membrane derived from the placenta of a healthy, full-term pregnancy. - Biovance® is an intact, extracellular matrix structure that provides a natural scaffold to support the body’s wound-healing process.
- “The SFDA’s Minimally Manipulated Biological Product classification establishes a clear regulatory pathway for the importation of our Halal Certified biomaterial products into Saudi Arabia,” said Robert J. Hariri, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman, CEO, and Founder of Celularity.