Singapore –  Mesoblast announces that Japanese licensee JCR Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. plans to seek a new indication for its mesenchymal stem cell product, branded as TEMCELL HS Inj in Japan, for the treatment of wound healing in patients with epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a rare skin-blistering disorder.

Mesoblast will be eligible to receive royalties on TEMCELL sales for EB. It is currently approved in Japan for the treatment of acute graft-versus-host disease.