Sunrise, FL – September 13, 2017 – (OTC:USRM) U.S. Stem Cell, Inc., a Florida corporation and leader in novel regenerative medicine solutions and physician-based stem cell therapies for human and animal patients, today submitted a Form 8-K to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), reporting a debt restructuring agreement it entered into with Hunton & Williams LLP on August 31, 2017.
The Hunton agreement is part of U.S. Stem Cell, Inc.’s continued effort to clean up the balance sheet and lower the company’s debt. This agreement is estimated to provide a debt relief of approximately $393,180. A copy of the SEC Form 8-K filing is available here.
“Treating patients, generating revenue and restructuring debt has always been a top priority at US Stem Cell Inc,” said the company’s President & CEO Mike Tomas. “Hunton & Williams has been an extraordinary legal partner of the company and we are very grateful for their continued support. Negotiating the Hunton debt allows the company to freeze the interest payments on two notes from 2009 and begin to work towards paying off this long-standing debt.”
U.S. Stem Cell, Inc. is an emerging enterprise in the regenerative medicine / cellular therapy industry. Since 1999, the company has completed more clinical treatments (for both humans and animals) than any other regenerative company in the world. U.S. Stem Cell, Inc. is focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of cell-based therapies that prevent, treat or cure disease by repairing and replacing damaged or aged tissue, cells and organs and restoring their normal function. U.S. Stem Cell, Inc. has also partnered with other companies to build a national distribution network for stem cell therapies using the U.S. Stem Cell, Inc. developed technologies and is on track to add an additional 10 stem cell treatment centers and clinics in the U.S.
About U.S. Stem Cell, Inc.
US Stem Cell, Inc. (formerly Bioheart, Inc.) is an emerging enterprise in the regenerative medicine / cellular therapy industry. We are focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of cell based therapeutics that prevent, treat or cure disease by repairing and replacing damaged or aged tissue, cells and organs and restoring their normal function. We believe that regenerative medicine / cellular therapeutics will play a large role in positively changing the natural history of diseases ultimately, we contend, lessening patient burdens as well as reducing the associated economic impact disease imposes upon modern society.
Our business, which includes three operating divisions (US Stem Cell Training, Vetbiologics and US Stem Cell Clinic) includes the development of proprietary cell therapy products as well as revenue generating physician and patient based regenerative medicine / cell therapy training services, cell collection and cell storage services, the sale of cell collection and treatment kits for humans and animals, and the operation of a cell therapy clinic. Management maintains that revenues and their associated cash in-flows generated from our businesses will, over time, provide funds to support our clinical development activities as they do today for our general business operations. We believe the combination of our own therapeutics pipeline combined with our revenue generating capabilities provides the Company with a unique opportunity for growth and a pathway to profitability.
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