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Cardium's InnerCool Therapies subsidiary is a San Diego-based medical technology company in the emerging field of patient temperature modulation therapy to rapidly and controllably cool the body in order to reduce cell death and damage following acute ischemic events such as cardiac arrest or stroke, and to potentially lessen or prevent associated injuries such as adverse neurological outcomes. For more information about Cardium's InnerCool subsidiary and patient temperature modulation, including InnerCool's Celsius Control System(TM) and the CoolBlue(TM) System, please visit http://www.innercool.com.
Cardium's Tissue Repair Company subsidiary (TRC) is a San Diego-based
biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of growth factor
therapeutics for the treatment of severe chronic diabetic wounds. TRC's
lead product candidate, Excellarate(TM), is a DNA-activated collagen gel
for topical treatment formulated with an adenovector delivery carrier
encoding human platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB). Excellarate is
initially being developed to be administered once or twice for the
potential treatment of non-healing diabetic foot ulcers. Other potential
applications for TRC's Gene Activated Matrix(TM) (GAM(TM)) technology
include therapeutic angiogenesis (cardiovascular ischemia, peripheral
arterial disease) and orthopedic products, including hard t
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