The definitive benchmark for stem cell dealmaking
Stem cell partnering is driven by regenerative medicine approaches and early-stage innovation, with deal structures reflecting complex development pathways, translational challenges, and emerging therapeutic applications.This report provides a comprehensive and structured analysis of 570+ stem cell collaboration and licensing deals, delivering a clear and evidence-based view of how partnerships are designed, negotiated, and executed across the market.
Establish a clear view of market standards
The report enables a precise understanding of how stem cell deals are structured in practice, allowing you to:
- Benchmark comparable transactions with confidence
- Detailed analysis of upfronts, milestones, and royalty structures across relevant deals
- Define realistic market parameters
- Clear insight into how deal terms vary by therapy type, development stage, and partner profile
- Support valuation and structuring decisions with evidence
- Ground internal discussions in real transaction data rather than assumptions
- Understand how leading companies approach dealmaking
- Visibility into partner behaviour and recurring deal structures across a research-intensive and evolving therapeutic landscape
- Full visibility into deal structure and execution
This includes:
- Rights granted and retained
- Development and commercialization responsibilities
- Financial structures and payment triggers
- Key contractual provisions and protections
Designed for real-world BD and strategy use
The report is widely used to:
- Structure and benchmark regenerative medicine transactions
- Prepare for negotiations with well-defined market context
- Evaluate licensing and collaboration opportunities
- Support internal strategy with robust, defensible data
What’s included?
- 570+ stem cell collaboration and licensing deals
- Financial terms, including upfronts, milestones, and royalties where disclosed
- Fully searchable deal directory (by company, therapy type, and development stage)
- Direct access to SEC-filed agreements and source documents
- Analysis of deal trends, key transactions, and active dealmakers
- A trusted, evidence-based reference for stem cell dealmaking
Table of Contents
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- A*STAR Agency for Science
- Technology and Research
- A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore
- Aastrom Biosciences
- Abbott Laboratories
- ABT Holding Company
- Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center
- Accelerated Biosciences
- Accellta
- Access BIO
- Access Pharmaceuticals
- ACEA Biosciences
- Actinium Pharmaceuticals
- Admedus
- AdnaGen
- Advanced BioScience Laboratories
- Advanced Cell Technology
- Aelan Cell Technologies
- Affomix
- Agathos Biologics
- AGC Asahi Glass
- Ageless Biotech
- Ageless Regenerative
- AgeX Therapeutics
- Agilent Technologies
- AiVita Biomedical
- Akadeum Life Sciences
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Alkem Laboratories
- Allele Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
- AlloSource
- ALS Therapy Development Institute
- Amedica
- American CryoStem
- American Society of Hematology
- American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
- Amgen
- Angel Biotechnology
- Angioblast Systems
- Angiocrine Bioscience
- Angionetics
- Angiostem
- Anthony Nolan
- Antitope
- Apceth
- Aratana Therapeutics
- Arbor Biotechnologies
- Ariana Pharma
- Array Biopharma
- Arteriocyte Medical Systems
- Arthrex
- Ascendance Biotechnology
- Ascent Therapeutics
- Astellas Pharma
- Asterand Bioscience
- Asterias Biotherapeutics
- AstraZeneca
- ATEC Spine
- Athersys
- ATMI LifeSciences
- Australian Research Council
- AuxoCell Laboratories
- Axcelead Drug Discovery Partners
- Axiogenesis
- AXM Pharma
- AxoSim
- Bakulev Center of Cardiovascular Surgery of Russian Academy of Sciences
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Bayer Innovation
- Bayer Schering Pharma
- Baylor Research Institute
- BD Biosciences
- Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope
- Becton Dickinson
- Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI)
- Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies
- Be The Match BioTherapies
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Bio-Techne
- BioBridge Global
- BioCardia
- Biocompatibles International
- biocrates
- Biocrea
- BioDlogics
- BioEclipse Therapeutics
- Biogalenys
- Biogen
- BioHeart
- Biokine Therapeutics
- BioLamina
- BiolineRX
- Biological Industries
- Biomed
- Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
- Biomodels
- Bioneer
- BioPontis Alliance
- bioRASI
- BioRestorative Therapies
- BioSante Pharmaceuticals
- Biotech Products Services & Research
- BlueRock Therapeutics
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Bone Therapeutics
- BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Caladrius Biosciences
- Calidi Biotherapeutics
- California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
- California Stem Cell
- Calimmune
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- CareDx
- Case Western Reserve University
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
- CASI Pharmaceuticals
- Catalent
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- CeeTox
- Celera
- Celgene
- Cell2in
- Cell Care Therapeutics
- Cell Cure Neurosciences
- Cellect Biotechnology
- Cellectis
- Cellectis Bioresearch
- Cellectricon
- Cellerix
- Celling Biosciences
- CellProThera
- Celltex Therapeutics
- Cell Therapy Catapult
- Cellular Biomedicine
- Cellular Dynamics International
- Cellzome
- Celsis In Vitro Technologies
- Celulas Genetica
- Censo Biotechnologies
- Center for iPS Cells Research and Application
- Centogene
- Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM)
- Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD)
- Cephalon
- Cesca Therapeutics
- CFD Research
- CHA Bio & Diostech
- Charite-Universitatsmedizin
- Charles River Laboratories
- ChemDiv
- Chemizon
- Children's Hospital Boston
- Children's Hospital of Orange County
- Children's Research Institute
- China Cord Blood
- China PharmaHub
- China Southeast University
- Chong Kun Dang
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
- Cipla
- Citius Pharmaceuticals
- City of Hope
- Cleveland BioLabs
- Cleveland Clinic
- Cleveland Cord Blood Center
- Clinigen
- Clontech Laboratories
- CNA Development
- COARE Biotechnology
- Cognate BioServices
- Cohen-McNiece Foundation
- Columbia University
- Connolly Healthcare
- CORD:USE
- Cord Blood America
- Cordlife
- CordVida
- Coriell Institute for Medical Research
- Cornell University
- Corning
- CPC Clinical Research
- Creative Medical Technologies
- CRISPR Therapeutics
- CropLife America
- Crown Bioscience
- Cryo-Cell International
- CryoPort
- CSIRO
- Curasan
- CvergenX
- Cynata Therapeutics
- Cystinosis Research Foundation
- Cytomedix
- CytoMed Therapeutics
- Cytori Therapeutics
- CYTOVIA Therapeutics
- Cytovis
- Dako
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Deepcell
- DefiniGEN
- Dendreon
- Department of Defense
- Department of Health and Human Services
- DePuy
- Dexterity
- DiNonA
- Dolomite
- Domainex
- Dow Chemical
- Dow Corning
- Duke University
- DV Biologics
- Ectycell
- EdiGene
- Eledon Pharmaceuticals
- Eli Lilly
- Elixirgen
- EMD Millipore
- Emerging Healthcare Solutions
- ENCell
- Entest BioMedical
- Epistem
- Eppendorf
- ERS Genomics
- ES Cell International
- Eterna Therapeutics
- Ethos Discovery
- European Commission
- European Union
- Eutilogics
- Evotec
- ExCellThera
- Exploit Technologies
- ExxonMobil
- Fast Forward
- Fate Therapeutics
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Heath
- Florica Therapeutics
- Florida State University
- Fluidigm
- Fondazione San Raffaele
- Fondazione Telethon
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Fortis Healthcare
- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Ecology (IME)
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Fujifilm
- FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics
- Fundacio Clinic
- Fusion Antibodies
- Gallant Therapeutics
- Gamida Cell
- Garuda Therapeutics
- GE Healthcare
- GelMEDIX
- GenCure
- General Biotechnology
- Generation Health
- Generex Biotechnology
- Genetic Technologies
- Genezen
- Genome Diagnostics
- genOway
- Gentium
- GenVec
- German Red Cross Blood Donor Service
- Geron
- Gladstone Institutes
- GliaMed
- Global Alliance for Innovation in Neuroscience
- Golden Helix
- Golden Meditech
- Government of United Kingdom
- Grandhope Biotech
- Greenstone Biosciences
- Griffith University
- GSK
- Guangzhou Municipality Tianhe Nuoya Bio-engineering
- Hadasit Bioholdings
- Hadasit Medical Research Services and Development
- Hadassah Medical Center
- Hadassah University
- Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem
- Hamad Bin Khalifa University
- Hamilton Thorne
- Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
- Harvard Medical School
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute
- Harvard University
- Healios K.K.
- Healthpoint
- Heartseed
- Heat Biologics
- HemaCare
- Hemogenix
- Hemostemix
- HepaTx
- Heraeus
- Histogen
- Hoffmann La Roche
- Hong Kong Baptist University
- Horizon Discovery
- Hospital for Sick Children
- Huapont Pharma
- Hubrecht Institute
- Humacyte
- Human Life CORD Japan
- Human Longevity
- Humex Medical
- Icon
- iCo Therapeutics
- ID Pharma
- Ilika Technologies
- Illumina
- ImageIQ
- ImmuneRegen BioSciences
- Immunis
- ImmunityBio
- ImmunoCellular Therapeutics
- Implant Therapeutics
- Indiana University
- Indian Immunological
- Inform Genomics
- Innovation Australia Research and Development
- Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI)
- Insitro
- Instem
- Institute for Translational Oncology Research
- Institute of Cancer Research
- Institute Of Molecular Biotechnology
- Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg
- Intellia Therapeutics
- IntelliCell BioSciences
- Intercytex
- International Stem Cell
- Intrexon
- Invitrx Therapeutics
- InVivo Therapeutics
- Ionis Pharmaceuticals
- iPS Academia Japan
- ISee3D
- Israeli National Authority for Technological Innovation
- Jadi Cell
- Jain Foundation
- Janssen Biotech
- Japan Science and Technology Agency
- Jasper Therapeutics
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals
- JCR Pharmaceuticals
- Jian An Pharmaceuticals
- Johns Hopkins University
- Johnson & Johnson Innovation
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Keck School of Medicine of USC
- KellBenx
- Kempbio
- Kensey Nash
- Kiadis Pharma
- Kinetic River
- Kings College London
- Kite Pharma
- Kumamoto University
- Kyoto Biken
- Kyoto University
- Lab21
- Laboratory Corporation of America
- La Jolla Pharmaceutical
- Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
- Lehigh University
- Leiden University
- Lentigen
- Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
- Life Technologies
- Life Technologies Corporation
- Lineage Cell Therapeutics
- Longeveron
- Lonza
- Loughborough University
- Lucigen
- Lucy Biotech
- Lupus Foundation of America (LFA)
- MaaT Pharma
- Macquarie University
- Magenta Therapeutics
- Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund
- Maryland Technology Development Corporation
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Matricel
- Maxcyte
- Mayo Clinic
- McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine
- McGill University
- McKesson
- MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Medac
- Medexus Pharmaceuticals
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Medical Research Council
- Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium
- Medical University South Carolina
- Medistem
- Mekonos
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Merck and Co
- Merus
- Mesoblast
- Metrion Biosciences
- Michael J Fox Foundation
- Midas Mediscience
- Miltenyi Biotec
- Minerva Biotechnologies
- Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
- Miracle Babies
- Miragen Therapeutics
- Mirna Therapeutics
- Mokshagundam Biotechnologies
- Molecular Imaging Research
- Molecular Templates
- Monash University
- Montreal Heart Institute
- MPI Research
- Multiclonal Therapeutics
- Munich Technical University
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
- myTomorrows
- NanoCellect Biomedica
- Nano Dimension
- nanoRanch
- Nanotope
- Nanshan Memorial Medical Institute
- NantKwest
- Nanyang Technological University
- National Cancer Institute
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
- National Center for Regenerative Medicine
- National Eye Institute
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- National Heart
- Lung and Blood Institute
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- National Institute of Biomedical Innovation
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- National Institute on Aging
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institutes of Health Center for Regenerative Medicine
- National Psoriasis Foundation
- National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program
- National Science Foundation
- National Stem Cell Foundation
- National University of Ireland
- Galway (NUI Galway)
- Ncardia
- Netherlands Government
- NeuralStem
- Neural Stem Cell Institute
- Neusentis
- NHS Blood and Transplant
- Nikon CeLL Innovation
- Northwestern University
- Novartis
- Novellus Therapeutics
- Novo Nordisk
- Nuclea Biotechnologies
- NuPotential
- NuVasive
- Nvidia
- Ocata Therapeutics
- OcellO
- Octane Biotech
- Ocumension Therapeutics
- Omeros
- OncoImmune
- OncoMed Pharmaceuticals
- OptoRobotix
- Orbsen Therapeutics
- Orchard Therapeutics
- Oregon Health Sciences University
- Organovo
- Orgenesis
- ORIG3N
- Orthocell
- OrthoCyte
- Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
- Osiris Therapeutics
- Oxford Biodynamics
- Paragon Bioservices
- Parcell Laboratories
- Parcell Spine
- Pathways to Stem Cell Science
- PAWS Pet Company
- PerkinElmer
- Pfizer
- PGXL Technologies
- PharmaCell
- PharmaCyte Biotech
- Philogen
- Pikamab
- Plasticell
- Platelet BioGenesis
- Pluriomics
- Pluristem Therapeutics
- Pluristyx
- Polyplus Transfection
- PreCerv
- Primera Bioscience Research
- Princess Margaret Hospital
- Pro-Cure Therapeutics
- ProBioGen
- Procella Therapeutics
- Procyon Technologies
- Progenitor Cell Therapy
- Promega
- Promosome
- Protein Genomics
- Proteonomix
- P T Kalbe Farma
- Pulthera
- QIAGEN
- Q Therapeutics
- Quintiles
- RainDance Technologies
- Ramot at Tel Aviv University
- R Biomedical
- RecipharmCobra Biologics
- Recopharma
- ReCyte Therapeutics
- Regen BioPharma
- Regenerative Sciences
- Regenerex
- Regenetech
- Regeneus
- Reinnervate
- ReNeuron
- Renovacare
- RenovoCyte
- ReproCell
- Research Products Development Company
- Response Genetics
- RHEI Pharmaceuticals
- RNL Bio
- Roche
- Roche Applied Science
- Rockefeller University
- Rohto Pharmaceutical
- RoosterBio
- Roslin Cellab
- Roslin Cells
- Royal Children’s Hospital
- Royal College of Surgeons (Ireland)
- RST Biomedikal Sanayi
- RTI Surgical
- Rubedo Life Sciences
- Rutgers University
- RxBio
- S.Biomedics
- Salk Institute
- Sana Biotechnology
- SanBio
- Sanford Burnham Institute
- Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine
- Sangamo Therapeutics
- Sankara Nethralaya
- Sanofi
- Sanofi-Aventis
- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy
- Scaled Biolabs
- Schepens Eye Research Institute
- ScinoPharm Taiwan
- SCM Pharma
- ScreenCell
- Scripps Genomic Medicine
- Seattle Childrens Research Institute
- Selexis
- SeqWright
- Seres Therapeutics
- Sernova
- Service Francophone du Sang
- Shanghai Cell Therapy Group
- Shanghai Jia Fu Medical Apparatus
- Sharp Edge Labs
- Shenogen Pharma
- Shoreline Biosciences
- Shrink Chips
- Shrink Nanotechnologies
- Sigma-Aldrich
- Sigma-Tau
- Sigma Life Science
- SimonMed Imaging
- Sirion Biotech
- Sirius Genomics
- Sirona Biochem
- Sistemic
- Sitoa
- SmartCella
- Smartwise
- Smith & Nephew
- Solesis
- South Texas Blood & Tissue Center
- Spectrum Pharmaceuticals
- Spinogenix
- Stanford University
- Stellar Pharmaceuticals
- StemBioSys
- StemCardia
- Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine International (SCRMI)
- Stem Cell Medicine
- StemCells
- Stem Cells 21
- StemCell Systems
- Stemcell Technologies
- Stem Cell Therapeutics
- StemCyte
- Stemedica Asia
- Stemedica Cell Technologies
- Stem Genomics
- Stemina Biomarker Discovery
- Stemmatters
- Stemnion
- Stempeutics
- Steven M. Schwartzberg Memorial Fund
- Stryker
- Superview Biotechnology
- Swedish Orphan Biovitrum
- SwitchGear Genomics
- Synterys
- System Biosciences
- Taconic Biosciences
- TaiGen Biotechnology
- TaiRx
- Takara Bio
- Takeda Pharmaceutical
- TAP Biosystems
- Targazyme
- Taxus Cardium Pharmaceuticals
- Technology Strategy Board (UK)
- Technology University Dresden
- Teijin
- Temple University
- Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies
- TET Systems
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
- TFS International
- The Automation Partnership
- The Global Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Acceleration Center (GSRAC)
- The Jackson Laboratory
- The New York Stem Cell Foundation
- TheraBiologics
- Theragent
- Therakine
- Therapeutic Solutions International
- The Regents of the University of California
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- ThermoGenesis
- The UK Stem Cell Bank
- Thomas Jefferson University
- Thrive Bioscience
- Tianhe Stem Cell Biotechnologies
- TiGenix
- Tissue Genesis
- Tissue Regeneration Therapeutics (TRT)
- Tiziana Life Sciences
- TONIX Pharmaceuticals
- Toxys
- Transgenomic
- Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals
- TreeFrog Therapeutics
- Trestle Biotherapeutics
- Trillium Therapeutics
- Tri Phuoc
- TTFactor
- Tu Dresden
- U CAN-CER VIVE Foundation
- UCB
- Unilever
- University Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
- University Campus Suffolk
- University City Science Center
- University College London
- University Health Network
- University Hospitals Case Medical Center
- University of Adelaide
- University of Birmingham
- University of California
- University of California
- Davis
- University of California
- San Diego
- University of California
- San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine
- University of California Irvine
- University of California Los Angeles
- University of California San Francisco
- University of Cambridge
- University of Cologne
- University of Dundee
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Florida
- University of Louisville
- University of Maryland
- University of Maryland Baltimore
- University of Maryland School of Medicine
- University of Massachusetts
- University of Massachusetts
- Amherst
- University of Massachusetts Medical School
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)
- University of Melbourne
- University of Miami
- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of Montreal Pharmacogenomics Centre
- University of Notre of Dame
- University of Oxford
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- University of Queensland
- University of Rochester Medical Center
- University of Sheffield
- University of South Carolina
- University of Southern California
- University of Sydney
- University of Tokyo
- University of Tubingen
- University of Utah
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- University of York
- US Government
- US Spine
- US Stem Cell Clinic
- Vascugen
- Vatican
- Vectalys
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals
- Vet-Stem
- ViaCord
- ViaCyte
- Virdante Biophrmaceuticals
- Viscofan BioEngineering
- VistaGen Therapeutics
- VitaThreads
- Vitro Diagnostics
- Vitrolife
- Vivalis
- Vivo Biosciences
- Vor Biopharma
- Waisman Biomanufacturing
- Wake Forest University
- WCTE
- Weill Cornell Medical College
- Wellcome Trust
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
- W L Gore
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
- Yale University
- Yeda Research and Development Company
- Yorkshire Cancer Research
- Yumanity Therapeutics
Methodology
- The publisher reports provide insight into the trends and terms of partnering deals in the global life sciences sector.
- The publisher reports are updated every six months to ensure the user has access to the latest announcements and trends in the topic focus of the report.
- The publisher analysts review the deal data to provide an overview and analysis of deal trends, including example deals and terms.
- The publisher reports source deal data from our proprietary deals and alliances database. The database is updated daily by our analysts with new deals as they are announced globally by the company’s party to the deal.
- The data in the deals and alliances database is obtained from secondary sources such as publicly available industry sources including press releases, company presentations, investor presentations, company SEC filings, other company filings, company websites, conference presentations. Sources are identified to allow for user verification.
The publisher provides comprehensive coverage of the following partnering or deal types:
- Asset purchase
- Assignment
- Co-development
- Co-market
- Co-promotion
- Collaborative R&D
- Contract service
- CRADA
- Cross-licensing
- Development
- Distribution
- Equity purchase
- Evaluation
- Grant
- Joint venture
- Licensing
- Loan
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Option
- Promotion
- Research
- Royalty financing
- Settlement
- Spin out
- Sub license
- Supply
- Termination
- Warrant
Every deal record is fully categorized and includes the following data, where available:
- Industry sector
- Therapy areas
- Technology type
- Deal components
- Financial terms
- Stage of development
- Exclusivity
- Asset type
- Geographic focus
- Excluded geography
- Company press release
- SEC filing data including contract document
All financial amounts are converted to US$ using the exchange rate available on the date of deal announcement, enabling direct comparison of deal terms across international territories.

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