Our mission is to improve the health, vitality, and longevity of human beings through bioengineering. Who we are: At Ossium, we believe that science is humanity’s best weapon in the fight against disease, and we embrace the challenge of mobilizing the world’s healthcare ecosystem to win that fight. In pursuit of this goal, we empower our employees, maintain the highest standards of excellence, and are a force for good. Values we live by: Impact We are mission-driven and results-oriented. We believe that a healthier world is a better one and that our work should drive positive change. Truth Embracing the truth empowers us to learn from both our successes and our mistakes. We follow the data wherever it leads. Ownership We hold ourselves and each other to the highest bar. We care deeply about the work we do and know that even the smallest details can make a difference.
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Check out WIRED’s coverage of the recent transplants with Ossium’s organ donor bone marrow, an informative piece by Emily Mullin on the need for new stem cell donor options and the enormous potential for Ossium’s technology to fill critical gaps and save lives.
San Francisco–based Ossium Health has carried out three transplants for cancer patients using stem cells from deceased donors’ bone marrow in recent months.
Today’s edition of Forbes’ emerging science and technology newsletter, The Prototype, covers how Ossium is “extending a lifeline to leukemia patients” by providing a new source of bone marrow for stem cell transplants.
New edition of my weekly emerging tech newsletter, The Prototype, just dropped. Here's what's inside: 🚀 SpaceX is reportedly planning an orbital refueling test for Starship. ⚕ I talked to Kevin Caldwell, CEO of Ossium Health, about how his company is working to expand availability of bone marrow to patients who need it 💻 Researchers at MIT made transistors from non-silicon semiconductors that are much more energy-efficient than the ones in today's chips All this plus much more! Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gQkG2xg5
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🎙️ Gift of Life Michigan's President and CEO, Dorrie Dils, recently joined WKZO Kalamazoo Mornings to share an exciting breakthrough! A Flint woman battling leukemia became the world's first recipient of a bone marrow transplant from a deceased donor, thanks to the generosity of a Michigan organ donor and the innovative partnership between Gift of Life Michigan and Ossium Health.💙 🎙️Check out the full interview to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gWzG22cs #DonateLife
Ossium Health is happy to share that WDIV Local 4 News/ClickOnDetroit covered an inspiring story about a Michigan woman with leukemia who is the first in the world to successfully receive a bone marrow transplant from a deceased donor using our technology. This groundbreaking development offers a new source of stem cells for life-saving transplants. We are proud to be leading the way in making more treatment options available for patients in need. Check out the full story here: https://lnkd.in/gC3ZUZFn #TransplantInnovation #Cryopreservation #Healthcare #CellTherapy #OssiumHealth #MedicalAdvancement
We’re proud to announce our partnership with Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to advance our cryopreserved bone marrow product for use after a radiological or nuclear emergency. Quick access to bone marrow transplants is essential for managing radiation damage, and Ossium’s ability to store cryopreserved bone marrow units in advance could enable faster life-saving treatments for more patients. Read more about how we’re strengthening national preparedness here: https://lnkd.in/gMif2kEH
We’re delighted to share that our next-generation viable bone matrix allograft, OssiGraft Prime™, has won the prestigious Spine Technology Award from Orthopedics This Week. This award recognizes Ossium’s contributions to spinal fusion advancements, our commitment to pushing the boundaries of innovation, and our efforts to improve patient outcomes. Read more here 👇 https://lnkd.in/g4ZEhWMX
Honored to see Ossium featured among Becker's Spine Review's top 5 spine and orthopedic biologics companies to know! Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/gA4UXpHb
On this World Marrow Donor Day, we’re expressing our sincere gratitude to both living and deceased bone marrow donors and their families, who selflessly give to others to save lives. #WMDD24 #WMDD #thankyoudonor
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2,850 days. Almost 8 years. That's how long it took to save a life. In August of 2016 my First Round Capital partner, Bill Trenchard, led Ossium Health's Seed round. And in May of 2024, a 68 year-old woman in Michigan became the first patient to receive a bone marrow transplant from a deceased donor. When she was not able to find a bone marrow match from a living donor, her doctor enrolled her in Ossium's PRESERVE I clinical trial -- and she matched with bone marrow stored in at Ossium's biobank (the only bone marrow biobank in the world). Until now, every time an organ donor died, their bone marrow was discarded. Thrown away. Even if there was a cancer patient who was a genetic match and desperately needed that bone marrow -- it was just thrown away. Ossium figured out how to collect, process and cryopreserve bone marrow from deceased organ donors. Their network of 27 organ procurement organizations recovers bone marrow from organ donors and transports it to Ossium's facility where the company processes and manufactures the doses for the patients -- and cryopreserves it in their biobank. Before Ossium it typically took months to find a living bone marrow donor who is: a) a genetic match, b) healthy enough, and c) willing to donate. And those are months that a blood cancer patient often doesn't have. Today there is a woman in Michigan who is alive -- and on a great recovery trajectory from her blood cancer -- because Ossium had bone marrow sitting in a freezer that could match her and save her life. Congrats to Kevin Caldwell and the entire Ossium team. We can't wait to see the impact you have over the next 2,850 days. Read the news story here: https://lnkd.in/drMP3snS
“When we approach a healthy donor, it can take up to three months or longer from start to finish — but in this case, if we have a donor match identified in the inventory, the product can practically be shipped to us the next day. For patients with leukemias and other aggressive diseases, this immediate availability can mean the difference between life and death.” - Dr. Muneer Abidi, Henry Ford Hematologist, on his team’s recent transplant with Ossium’s bone marrow