Objective This project will commercialize P-TEV - a unique personalized tissue engineered vein for the treatment of patients with severe Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI).CVI is a progressive medical condition in which the valves of the deep veins of the leg are not functioning properly. The most severe stage is CVI with leg ulceration. No effective treatment is available, and a large number of patients would directly benefit from venous vascular surgery. These patients cannot be cured today because no suitable grafts for replacement of the dysfunctional venous valves have yet been developed. There are no synthetic products which could replace the function of the bicuspid valves found in the leg veins and the risks associated with allotransplantation are too high.VERIGRAFT’s technology is the first one positioned to break this paradigm and fill the existing market gap. The technology allows the personalization of blood vessels by de- and recellularization. In short, a donated tissue is decellularized, removing all immunogenic donor cells and DNA. This results in a clean extracellular matrix scaffold with intact 3D structural properties. Subsequently, this scaffold is seeded with the patient´s own cells, derived from a small sample of peripheral blood.This unique technology turns an allogeneic (“foreign”) tissue into an autologous (“personalized”) one and thus avoids transplant rejection without the need for immunosuppression.The clinical proof-of-concept for P-TEV is established. The project will include the clinical study and GMP process development that will grant VERIGRAFT market access by 2019 and serve as a steppingstone to marketing approval by the European Medicines Agency.The EU-added value of the project is unparalleled, as it constitutes a breakthrough in one of future medicine's most promising fields – advanced personalized regenerative medicine, bringing significant long-term budgetary relief to healthcare systems. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringmedical and health sciencesclinical medicineangiologyvascular diseasesmedical and health sciencesclinical medicinesurgerysurgical specialtiesnatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsDNAmedical and health sciencesbasic medicineimmunology Keywords personalized tissue engineered veins vascular surgery personalized regenerative medicine de-and recellularisation of blood vessels Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.1. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and well-being Main Programme H2020-EU.3.1.3. - Treating and managing disease Topic(s) SMEInst-05-2016-2017 - Supporting innovative SMEs in the healthcare biotechnology sector Call for proposal H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017 Funding Scheme SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2 Coordinator VERIGRAFT AB Net EU contribution € 2 184 603,75 Address Arvid wallgrens backe 20 413 46 Goteborg Sweden See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Södra Sverige Västsverige Västra Götalands län Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
