Extended Right of Use for your commercial cell culture needs
At PromoCell, we provide high-quality primary cells and cell culture media to support research and industries. To ensure seamless integration of our products into your commercial processes and in accordance with the rights and permissions granted by us, we offer Extended Right of Use for our primary cells and selected media
This helps you move forward with confidence, from validation to service delivery.
What is Extended Right of Use?
An Extended Right of Use is a licensing framework that allows you to use eligible PromoCell products in defined commercial activities beyond standard research use. These rights adhere to industry-standard licensing practices and are designed to provide a clear understanding of your options within the scope of our licensing.
With this trustworthy foundation you can use our products optimally within your commercial applications.
Important: These products are intended for in vitro use only and not for diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.
Figure 1: Overview of the Extended Right of Use issuance process.
Why is Extended Right of Use required for commercial cell culture applications?
Biological materials such as primary human cells and specialized cell culture media are generally supplied for research use only (RUO). This means that they can be used for basic research, exploratory studies, and internal scientific investigation, but not for activities connected to commercial products or services.
However, many organizations, such as biotechnology companies, diagnostic developers, and contract research organizations (CROs), rely on primary cells and media for development, validation, and production of commercial applications.
Benefits of Extended Right of Use:
- Move from research to commercial workflows with clearly defined usage rights
- Help reduce legal and contractual uncertainty
- Help avoid potential delays caused by unclear permissions
- Maintain continuity across development stages
By obtaining an Extended Right of Use, you can integrate our selected products into your commercial workflows with legal certainty.
What does Extended Right of Use cover?
With an Extended Right of Use, you may use eligible PromoCell products in commercial, non-diagnostic and non-therapeutic in vitro applications, including:
- Cell line generation: Generate and validate cell lines for commercial research or development activities.
- Assay validation: Validate assays for commercial workflows (e.g., biotechnology applications).
- Quality control (QC), validation, and testing: Use of products in QC/testing workflows that support commercial production or development.
- Service offerings / contract research: Provide research or testing services to third parties (e.g., CROs or specialized testing laboratories).
- Production and process development workflows: Use of products within production-related workflows and process development for cell-based technologies.
These are example applications and not an exhaustive list.
Important: Extended Right of Use does not apply for products manufactured under EXCiPACT™ GMP standards.
Research vs commercial use rights: Key differences
Let’s distinguish between research and commercial applications and look at the key differences between research use and Extended Right of Use:
| Aspect | Standard research use only (RUO) | Extended Right of Use |
|---|---|---|
| Primary purpose | Research purposes | Commercialization and commercial activities beyond research purposes |
| What it enables | Use of PromoCell primary cells and media to support research | Use of eligible PromoCell products in commercial contexts with legal assurance and compliance with PromoCell Terms & Conditions |
| Legal / compliance framing | Governed by PromoCell Terms & Conditions; does not require any right acquisition | Commercialization requires an Extended Right of Use purchase; governed by PromoCell's Terms & Conditions |
| Eligible products | PromoCell primary cells and cell culture media and solutions | Cells and selected media |
| Commercial activities explicitly covered | Not covered | Explicitly covers e.g. cell line generation, quality control purposes, third-party service offerings, production workflows |
Bottom line:
RUO supports discovery.
ERU supports commercialization.
How do we support commercialization?
We understand that many researchers need to transition from RUO to commercial processes when working with primary cells and media. We support this transition by providing:
- High-quality human primary cells
- Standardized cell culture media
- Transparent licensing with clear compliance to our Terms & Conditions
Together, these elements help you integrate cell-based models into commercial environments, once the appropriate rights of use are in place.
Figure 2: Overview of how PromoCell supports research use and commercial workflows
How to obtain Extended Right of Use?
Planning to use PromoCell products for commercial purposes?
Contact our team to match your application with the appropriate usage rights: [email protected]
We help you assess:
- eligibility
- scope of use
- next steps