22 Jan Allarta Life Science
Harald Stover, Ph.D., Founder and CEO, Allarta Life Science Inc., Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
(Private)
Allarta Life Science is a Canadian company, founded in 2019 by McMaster’s Chemistry Professor Dr. Harald Stover and Maria Antonakos. Allarta’s unique platform of synthetic hydrogel technology is based on 30+ years of foundational expertise and its modular design has the potential to advance next generation cell therapies. Allarta’s hydrogels allow transplanted cells to connect metabolically while protecting them from the hosts’ immune system, both key requirements for allogeneic cell therapies. Allarta aims to deliver functional cell-based cures for inflammatory and metabolic disorders, including diabetes, without the need for immune suppression. In 2023, Allarta entered an IDDP partnership with Breakthrough T1D to conduct key pre-clinical studies towards its cell-based therapy. In addition, Allarta develops proprietary cryoprotective gels that prevent cell aggregation and minimize ice crystal formation, and thus help ensure delivery of high value cell payloads at scale. This novel technology offers safe transportation and cryostorage of therapeutic cell products.
