Regenerative Medicine encompasses many areas of life science and medicine. It has been gaining enormous interest from the commercial sector and from the healthcare systems worldwide, helping the development of potential, alternatives to long-term, high-cost care approaches.
Regenerative Medicine includes a range of pharmaceutical-related approaches, where small molecules and biologicals are used to stimulate the body's innate repair systems, as well as the use of cell-based therapies, bioactive scaffolds, and drug delivery modalities. The production of these new medicines and devices involves a chain of important stages in development, including laboratory-based invention, preclinical testing, navigation of intellectual property issues, and compliance with a range of regulatory requirements.