Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs), Advances and Applications Shaping 2025-26
Today, Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs), also known as Medicinal Signaling Cells, are transforming regenerative medicine, cell manufacturing, and next-generation therapeutics. With their unique blend of multipotency, immuno-evasive characteristics, and paracrine signaling capacity, MSCs have emerged as a uniquely powerful platform for addressing a broad spectrum of clinical and commercial needs.
The Commercial and Therapeutic Market for MSCs
MSCs are multipotent cells that can differentiate into a variety of cell types, including but not limited to osteoblasts, chondrocytes, myocytes, and adipocytes. In addition to secreting factors that can stimulate tissue repair, MSCs can substantially alter their microenvironment, exerting effects that are both anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic. MSCs are advantageous over other cells types for a variety of reasons, including that they are immuno-evasive, making them an advantageous cell type for allogenic transplantation.
MSCs are an exceptionally promising tool for cell therapy, because of their unusual advantages, which include availability, expandability, transplantability, and ethical implications. Interest in therapeutic applications of human MSCs arises from their diverse ability to impact human health, as well as their ability to migrate to sites of tissue injury/inflammation or tumor growth.
This growing interest has spurred the development of diverse research products targeting MSCs and their differentiated cell types. Simultaneously, attention is shifting toward manufacturing technologies to enable commercial-scale MSC production. Additionally, MSCs are proving valuable in fast-growing industries like 3D bioprinting and cultured meat production.
A notable area of exploration is the commercialization of MSC-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) and exosomes. Lastly, advances in gene-editing technologies are further expanding the applications of MSCs, enabling the overexpression of antitumor genes or therapeutic factors to address a range of medical conditions.
Expanding Therapeutic & Commercial Applications
Growing demand for MSCs is driving rapid innovation across multiple sectors:
• Clinical therapeutics – MSCs are now used in immune modulation, tissue repair, orthopedic regeneration, neurological indications, and beyond.
• Biomanufacturing – New platforms aim to produce MSCs at commercial scale, supporting both autologous and allogeneic treatment models.
• 3D bioprinting & cultured meat – MSC-derived muscle precursors and adipocytes are powering next-generation biomanufacturing in food tech.
• MSC-derived EVs & exosomes – Offering therapeutic signaling without whole-cell administration, this segment is becoming one of the fastest-growing submarkets.
• Gene-edited MSCs – Better targeting, higher potency, and new anti-tumor applications are emerging through CRISPR and viral vector engineering.
Globally Approved MSC-Based Therapies
As of 2025, 12 MSC-based therapies hold approval worldwide (11 full approvals and one conditional approval in China). These include:
Republic of Korea: Queencell, Cellgram AMI, Cupistem, Cartistem, NeuroNataR
Japan: Temcell HS, Stemirac
Europe: Holoclar (Alofisel withdrawn Dec 2024)
India: Stempeucel
Iran: MesestroCell
U.S. & Canada: Prochymal/Ryoncil from Mesoblast
China (Conditional): Ruibosheng (umbilical cord-derived MSCs)
The withdrawal of Takeda’s Alofisel in late 2024 narrowed the EMA-approved category, but the global pipeline remains strong.
Beyond these therapeutics, companies have commercialized 17 biomaterial-based MSC/progenitor products and 20 cosmetic products leveraging MSC-conditioned media.
The Emergence of iPSC-Derived MSCs (iMSCs)
A critical frontier is the rise of iPSC-derived MSC technologies, enabling theoretically limitless, consistent, and highly scalable MSC production. Eight companies now lead this segment, including:
MSCs Beyond Therapeutics
Major cosmeceutical players, including L’Oréal and Johnson & Johnson, are investing in MSC-driven formulations for skin repair, anti-aging, and wound care. Meanwhile, food-tech innovators are using MSC-derived muscle and fat cells to power the cultured meat movement, following regulatory approvals in Singapore (2020) and the U.S. (2022–2023).
A Booming Research Product Ecosystem
The research market surrounding MSCs continues to surge, with leading providers such as:
This segment benefits from robust demand for high-quality cell lines, media, reagents, EV/exosome tools, and scalable upstream manufacturing systems.
The Clinical Pipeline & Future Outlook
Hotspots for MSC clinical activity include the U.S., EU, China, South Korea, and the Middle East. Importantly:
Looking ahead, MSC-enabled engineered tissues (such as skin, bone, vasculature, and liver) are expected to see major breakthroughs over the next decade. By 2040, projections indicate at least 50 globally approved MSC therapies, representing 3–4 new approvals per year.
The Global MSC Market in 2025-26
Today, there are an astounding 125 market competitors who are are developing various types of MSC-related products, services, therapies, and technologies. Within this rapidly changing landscape, having a thorough understanding of the competition, their proprietary technologies, and their strengths and weaknesses is essential.
Therefore, this global strategic report presents detailed market size figures for the global MSC market, segmented by geography and business segment, and accompanied by future forecasts through 2031.
Objectives of this report are to provide the reader with the following details:
If your team is planning ahead in 2025 and beyond, now is the time to take a deep, data-driven look at the future of the MSC field. With new approvals, expanding applications, and rapid advances in EVs, iMSCs, and biomanufacturing, this market is entering its most transformative decade yet.
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About BioInformant
With an online readership of nearly a million viewers per year, BioInformant is a U.S. market research firm with over 19+ years of experience. As the first and only market research firm to specialize in the stem cell industry, BioInformant research has been cited by the Wall Street Journal and Vogue Magazine, as well as quoted by Tony Robbins in his book Life Force.
Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Washington, DC, BioInformant is strategically positioned to be near the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. FDA, the Maryland Biotech Corridor, and policy makers on Capitol Hill. In addition to leveraging an experienced team of analysts, BioInformant has unparalleled access to key opinion leaders (KOLs) from across the stem cell sector.
To analyze the rapidly evolving stem cell sector, BioInformant conducts interviews with prominent executives from across the field. BioInformant has interviewed representatives from Cynata Therapeutics (first company to bring an iPSC-derived MSC therapeutic product into a clinical trial), RoosterBio (specializes in manufacturing tens of billions of MSCs in suspension bioreactors), Celularity, Inc. (developing MSC therapeutics from the post-partum human placenta), Pluristem Therapeutics (commercializing placenta-derived mesenchymal-like adherent stromal cells in late-stage clinical trials), BioEden (leading company preserving MSCs derived from dental tissues), and Regenexx (world’s leading provider of MSC therapies for orthopedic applications).
*BioInformant will continues to monitor these trends closely and will share additional insights as the MSC landscape evolves.
One question that does come to mind as a non expert in mesenchymal cells is the management of any risks arising from the related process of Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT)? While this process is crucial for embryonic development and wound healing, it is also implicated in diseases like cancer, where it helps tumor cells spread through metastasis. Cellular change that occur during EMT where polarized epithelial cell transforms its shape, loses cell-to-cell adhesion, and gains a mesenchymal cell's characteristics, such as enhanced migratory capacity and invasiveness. In cancer, EMT is reactivated, allowing tumor cells to detach from the primary tumor, invade surrounding tissues, and spread to distant parts of the body through metastasis. Also EMT can also contribute to fibrotic diseases, which involve the excessive buildup of fibrous connective tissue in organs, by converting epithelial cells into fibroblasts. My question is how is the potential risks of similar events occurring in cell therapy applications being addressed, as the molecular mechanisms that make mesenchymal cells so effective for this also drives the former risks?
Thanks for the interesting update