New York, NY; February 19, 2019 — Americord Registry announced today that it will begin offering five-compartment freezing bags for all new customers storing cord blood as well as the highest quality guarantee in the industry. While industry-standard freezing bags typically contain two compartments, one holding eighty percent of the cord blood and a second holding twenty percent, Americord’s new freezing bags contain five compartments with twenty percent of the cord blood in each compartment. [Read more…]
StemCyte Receives Phase II IND Clearance for HLA-Matched Cord Blood Mononuclear Stem Cells (MC001)
StemCyte Receives Phase II Investigational New Drug (IND) Clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
BALDWIN PARK, Calif., Jan. 3, 2019 — StemCyte is pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on December 14, 2018, approved its Phase II Investigational New Drug (IND) application for Allogeneic Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-Matched Umbilical Cord Blood Mononuclear Stem Cells (UCBMNC) (MC001) for the treatment of spinal cord injury. [Read more…]
Cesca Therapeutics Receives 510(k) Clearance to Market Its AXP® II AutoXpress® Platform for Clinical Cord Blood Banking
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., Nov. 19, 2018— Cesca Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: KOOL), a market leader in automated cell processing and point-of-care, autologous cell-based therapies, today announced that its device subsidiary, ThermoGenesis® Corp., has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for its proprietary AXP® II AutoXpress® Platform (AXP II) for clinical blood banking.
The AXP II, in combination with the Company’s companion, single-use, cell separation set provides automated, rapid and reliable harvest of stem and progenitor cells from collected units of umbilical cord blood in a “functionally-closed” sterile system. [Read more…]
Cord Blood Banking Market Consolidation
After a rapid growth period through the mid-2000s, the global cord blood banking market reached saturation and stabilized through approximately 2012. Since that time, the market has been aggressively consolidating.
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CHAMP Private Equity Acquires Cell Care, Australia’s Largest Cord Blood Bank
CHAMP Private Equity is acquiring Cell Care, the largest cord blood bank within Australia, according to news released October 10, 2018, by the Australian Financial Review (AFR). According to AFR, “It is understood CHAMP will take a controlling stake in the business, while some of the vending shareholders will retain a minority shareholding.”
The transaction has important implications for the global stem cell banking marketplace, because the AFR estimates the deal to have a price tag of more than $100 million.
With this price tag, Cell Care will be well capitalized to continue its research into therapeutic applications of cord blood and tissue stem cells and may be positioned to expand into new markets beyond Australia and Canada.
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