Company Profile

The management of Ossium define their mission as improving human health by driving niotechnology innovation that fosters the preservation of life. At its core, the firm's objective is anchored in the understanding that cells of the immune system are the human body’s natural defenders against disease. The objective therefore is to develop better methods of recovering, preserving, and deploying these critical cells that serve to keep disease at bay. Soecifically, to address the shortage of life-saving stem cells for transplant - to match the needs of hundreds of thousands iof patients - Ossium Health is building what could be the world’s bone marrow bank. Every year, new patients with sickle cell, leukemia, lymphoma, etc, need hematopoietic stem cell transplants to survive -- an estimated $20B market in US alone. These transplants are among the most powerful medical procedures - involving the replacement of someone’s entire blood and immune systems. There is a major shortage of the relevent bone marrow. Consequence: long wait-list in the US with almost 2/3rds dying before receiving a matched transplant. Ossium is focused on addressing this shortage by building a global bone marrow bank from previously untapped sources.