LifeNet Health 

Presented by James Clagett, PhD., Chief Science Officer

LifeNet Health - The Best Keep Secret in Regenerative 

Medicine

LifeNet Health

Corporate Headquarters

Virginia Beach, VA
Who is LifeNet Health?

LifeNet Health helps save lives and restore health for thousands of patients each year. 

We are the world’s most trusted provider of transplant solutions, from organ 

procurement to new innovations in bio-implant technologies and cellular therapies—a 

leader in the field of regenerative medicine while always honoring the donors and 

healthcare professionals that allow the healing process
Our Mission
The LifeNet Health Entity

• LifeNet Health is an Organ Procurement Organization and a Tissue bank 

organization

• Facilitate organ donation and procurement for the state of Virginia

• Tissue based Biologic Therapeutics

• LifeNet Health is a highly respected within the transplantation industry 

• Not-for-Profit 501 C 3, $140 MM operation

• Approximately 500 employees in Virginia

• 3 separate facilities in Virginia Beach (over 250,000 sq feet)

• Heavily involved in community education, donor family programs

• Invests heavily in innovation and technology

• Distribute biological implants (spine, cardiovascular, sports medicine, skin) 

nationally and internationally

Today LifeNet Health enjoys a reputation as an ethical and dynamic organization 
LifeNet Health

Divisions and Subsidiaries

LifeNet Health 

Corporate

LifeNet Health

Bio-Implants 

Division

LifeNet Health

Transplant 

Services Division

LifeNet Health 

Tissue Services

LifeNet Health

of Florida

LifeNet Health

Foundation

LifeNet Health 

International

LifeNet Health of 

Canada

LifeNet Health 

Europe

Institutes

Skin and Wound 

Allograft

Regenerative 

Medicine
Remarkable results over the years

Over 6,400 Lives Saved

Over 1,900,000 Lives Restored

Over 2.1 million implants without 

disease transmission

Over 7,100 Family Helped

Over 500 Employees
Talented and 

Dedicated 

Employees

Customer 

Service

and Care

Quality Innovation

Our Attributes

that allow us to provide the highest standards in tissue engineering, donor and 

transplant services.
Success of R & D lies in part on the Quality and 

Experience of our Staff:

1 -- Individual with M.D. Degrees

2 -- Individual with M.D. , Ph.D. Degrees

5 -- Individuals with Ph.D. Degrees

4 -- Individuals with Engineering Degrees

19 -- Bachelors and/or Masters Degrees

- 48% of all staff have advanced degrees -

Wide range of work experiences:

• Medical device industry

• Diagnostic and pharmaceutical industry

• Academic research and teaching

• Tissue banking

• Entrepreneurial experiences

Big commitment for 

troubled economy, 

but necessary for 

long term survival.
Intellectual Property

• Over 40 issued U.S. 

Patents

• Decellularization

• Plasticized Grafts

• Textured Bone Grafts

• Composite Bone 

Grafts

• Osteoinductive Bone

• Tissue Sterilization 

Process

• Demineralization

Innovation & Intellectual Properties
Proprietary & Patented Core Technology Platforms

 MATRACELL - Decellularization processes rendering bio-implants acellular without 

compromising biomechanical or biochemical properties of the allograft bio-implants 

 PAD - Demineralization processes to provide optimal and maximal osteoinductivity

 PRESERVON - Tissue preservation processes which allows storage of bio-implants 

to be stored at room temperature in a fully hydrated state

 ALLOWASH XG - Processes for optimal safety for sterilization of allograft bio- implants

 MODIFIED GROWTH FACTORS – Proprietary processes to enhance activity and 

prevent unwanted side-effects

 ALLOGRAFT SPONGE - Proprietary processes for making sponge materials with 

characteristics desirable for delivery of growth factors, stem and other cell types, 

DBM and bone marrow aspirates to treat boney and soft tissue sites
2009 Strategic Initiatives

The Institute of Regenerative Medicine at ODU 

Advancing Stem Cell Therapies with donated tissues to aid the healing process.

• Create novel regenerative therapies

• Initiate collaborations between scientists, clinicians, researchers, technologyrelated companies

• Will collaborate with military, public health officials and Homeland Security

• Decellularized Skin, Decellularized Cardiovascular tissue, Adipose derived 

stem cells

• Investigate opportunity for Virginia’s Cord Blood Bank and other first 

responder solutions
LifeNet Health Institute of Regenerative 

Medicine

Institutional Goals: 

• Apply the principles of regenerative medicine to enhance 

the efficacy of LifeNet Health’s current tissue-based 

products.

• Develop novel therapeutic approaches and products 

derived from or designed to enhance the efficacy of tissue 

allografts and organ transplantation. 
Convergence of stem cell therapies, tissue engineering, drug 

delivery, and existing tissue reconstruction and replacement 

methods.

Regenerative Medicine

• Biomaterials: extracellular matrix and 

biopolymers.

• Cells: differentiated and stem cells.

• Signaling molecules: growth factors, 

chemokines, small molecule drugs, etc.
• Best kept secret in Virginia. Opportunity to be a 

unique biologics company

• Provide cost effective unique medical solutions 

to the Department of Defense (DoD) and VA

• Put Virginia and Hamptons Roads on the 

Regenerative Medicine international landscape

• Resources, doing much with less as a not- forprofit

• LifeNet Health has the technologies that can 

attract federal funding based on innovation, 

clinical solutions and job creation

Challenges and Opportunities
Thank You For your Time

LifeNet Health ... 

Saving lives and Restoring 

Health