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Family Bank: Cordlife Philippines

Cordlife Philippines

About

Cordlife Philippines, a subsidiary of Cordlife Group Limited, has acquired the prestigious status of being the country’s first and only DOH-registered, ISO 9001:2015-certified, and AABB-accredited private cord blood bank with a local stem cell processing and cryopreservation facility. 

AABB (Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies) is a global leader in standards development, accreditation, and implementation of quality systems in transfusion medicine and cellular therapies. Earning an AABB accreditation means that cord blood released from our facility adheres to the highest global standards as well as the medical institution’s stringent requirements for cellular therapy. Major therapy centers both here and abroad will require cord blood units from accredited facilities.

To meet the global standards in stem cell processing, Cordlife has heavily invested on cutting-edge technology such as Sepax™, the world’s most advanced fully automated cord blood processing system, that can recover up to 99% of stem cells for maximum transplant success and CellOptima™, a Cordlife-exclusive patented technology from Singapore enables the isolation of two types of stem cells from umbilical cord lining namely, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and cord lining epithelial stem cells (CLEpSCs).

Through our partner with expertise in human stem cell therapy, Cordlife now also offers storage for expanded MSCs. With this service, families are banking additional 50 million treatment-ready MSCs which may be beneficial to other biological family members, including the grandparents.

Beyond umbilical cord blood, cord tissue, cord lining, and MSC banking, Cordlife Philippines provides a comprehensive suite of diagnostics services for the mother and child including non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) and genetic screening services.

Labs and Locations

Laboratory location: Unit 104, Building H, UP AyalaLand TechnoHub, Commonwealth Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines 1101

Business Experience

Cordlife Group inhabits a distinctive niche in the healthcare industry. The Group is one of the foremost private cord blood banks to have gained a solid foothold in Asia. In the last 20 years, Cordlife has dedicated its undertakings to achieve market leadership in the industry. Having built a distinguished brand name, the Group continues to strive for excellence by means of support from its experienced management team, dynamic key executives along with its quality product and service offerings. Cordlife believes the Group has in place a strong foundation for future expansion.

The Cordlife Group is composed of:

  • ​Cordlife Group Limited – Singapore
  • Cordlife (Hong Kong) Limited - Hong Kong & Macau
  • Health Baby Biotech (Hong Kong) Co., Limited – Hong Kong & Macau
  • Cordlife Sciences India Pvt Limited - India & Bangladesh
  • PT Cordlife Persada - Indonesia
  • Cordlife Medical Philippines, Inc. – the Philippines
  • StemLife Berhad – Malaysia & Brunei
  • THAI StemLife - Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia

Quality and customer focus are amongst some of the cornerstones of Cordlife. All of the Group’s facilities are accredited by AABB, the world’s gold standard for cord blood banking. Cordlife Singapore and HealthBaby Hong Kong are the only two private cord blood banks in Asia and among five worldwide to be accredited by both AABB and the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT), another world-class accreditation body for cord blood banks worldwide.  In the area of clinical diagnostics, Cordlife India and HealthBaby are accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP). 

Collection Kit

The kit contains a closed system blood bag (brand JMS) that is pre-loaded with the anti-coagulant CPDA-1. The kit also provides the disinfectant Povidone-Iodine swab.

Transportation container

The collection kit has foam padding that serves as protection for the consumables and is placed in an insulated thermal bag which is responsible for maintaining ambient temperature during transportation back to the laboratory.

Shipping Info

Once we are informed of cord blood, cord tissue, and cord lining collection, our courier service team will pick up the kit for shipping at room temperature to the laboratory for processing and cryopreservation.

Processing Method

The cord blood stem cells are separated using the fully automated and closed Sepax™ system, that can recover up to 99% of stem cells for maximum transplant success. 

For cord tissue processing, Cordlife uses CellOptimaTM, a Cordlife-exclusive patented technology from Singapore  that enables the isolation of two types of stem cells from umbilical cord lining namely, mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) and cord lining epithelial stem cells (CLEpSCs).

Components Stored

The final component stored is the buffy coat layer of the blood which holds both white cells and stem cells. Parents are provided with cover letter and certificate once cryopreservation has been successful.

Storage Method

The cord blood storage is in a 25 ml blood cryobag encased in a cassette. Blood samples are kept in a long-term freezer. Stem cells are stored in the vapour phase of cryogenic nitrogen inside the tank.

Licensing & Accreditation

  • DOH registration
  • AABB accreditation
  • ISO 9001:2015 certification

Clinical Experience

To date, the Group has successfully released 71 cord blood units and 8 cord lining units to support stem cell transplantation and infusions.

Insurance

Clients are covered by the Cordlife Care360 Safeguard Program – a program which guarantees that Cordlife delivers holistic protection for your family.

  • Cordlife Pledge - Assures clients a cord blood unit of suitable match or SGD$50,000 to defray medical costs if the cord blood loses its viability at point of transplant.
  • Cordlife Assure - Covers the cost for additional tests required in the event of a transplant - matching (HLA resolution test) and viability assay.
  • Cordlife Guard – Takes additional insurance coverage, to safeguard client and their family from financial loss resulting from direct malpractice.
  • Cordlife Secure - Provides an alternative facility at no additional cost to clients should the local facility be inaccessible.
  • Cordlife Max – Gets more cells for maximum transplant success through Sepax™, the latest automated stem cells processing technology.

Aside from Cordlife Care360 Safeguard Program, Cordlife Philippines offers value-added benefits that cover giving birth until stem cell transplant.

  1. Cordlife ALLIANCE - Cordlife's community banking program with membership that comes free with umbilical cord blood banking with Cordlife. Members enjoy benefits such as unlimited sample search, access to a genetically diverse member pool, and entitlement to reimbursement in case the family wants to help another family in need with their stored cord blood.
  2. Cordlife Shield – Provides coverage for 7 types of possible pregnancy complications, 16 types of congenital illnesses of the baby, and maternal or child death.
  3. CordBlood Network – Assists in searching for matched cord blood for legal parents and grandparents of the Cordlife child.
  4. Transplant Care – Provides one-time subsidy to partially cover medical costs of stem cell transplantation for the child, child’s biological siblings, or biological parents.

Community Service

One Blood is a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) campaign of Cordlife Philippines wherein FREE cord blood banking (terms and conditions apply) is given to pregnant mothers with a family history of blood disorders or with a family member who has been diagnosed with a blood disorder and who might need a cord blood stem cell transplant. More information is available at https://www.cordlife.ph/one-blood

Prices

Cord blood banking plan starts from PHP9,583/month for 36 months.

Additional Services

Cordlife Philippines offers:

  1. Umbilical cord blood (UCB) banking – Baby’s stem cells from the umbilical cord blood are collected and stored for potential treatment of 80+ critical illnesses such as leukemia and other blood disorders.
  2. Umbilical cord lining (UCL) banking – With the use of Cordlife-exclusive patented technology, CellOptima™, two types of stem cells from UCL are harvested and stored: mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and cord lining epithelial stem cells (CLEpSCs). These cells are in clinical trials as a curative option to treat stroke, cardiovascular diseases, autism, Alzheimer’s disease, soft tissue repair, eye disorders, and other conditions.
  3. Mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) banking – In partnership with the Center for Regenerative Medicine of Makati Medical Center (MMC-CRM), parents now have the option to store an additional 50 million treatment-ready MSC in our Cordlife storage facility. These can be beneficial for family members including grandparents.
  4. Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) –  A maternal blood test that screens for the most common chromosomal abnormalities such as Down syndrome as early as 10 weeks of pregnancy. For more information, please visit https://biotech.cordlife.ph/.
  5. bebegene® Newborn Screening via buccal swab is available for children up to 6 years old which analyzes the risks related to the baby’s chromosomal abnormalities that may lead to Childhood Developmental And Behavioral Disorders (CDABD).
  6. bebegene® Baby Genetic Screening – A portion of a baby’s umbilical cord blood will be screened for 117 chromosomal abnormalities and up to six disease-causing variants such as atopic dermatitis, ADHD, asthma, allergic rhinitis, Wilson disease, and hearing loss. For more information, please visit https://biotech.cordlife.ph/.
Address: Unit 104, Building H, UP AyalaLand TechnoHub, Commonwealth Avenue, Diliman, 1101 Quezon City, Philippines