AlphaCord Competitors

Our Mission: To provide the highest-quality stem cell preservation service and care to our patients, families, and their physicians. We at ViaCord believe these words are much more than just a promise. They are the commitment we live by. Our Origins: ViaCord was established in 1993 to give expectant parents an opportunity to bank their children's cord blood with comfort and security. Prior to launching our Cord Blood Banking Service, ViaCord conducted extensive research and validation studies to set high standards regarding the collection, processing, and storage of cord blood. ViaCord worked closely with the following institutions during our development: * Obstetrics Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA * The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, OH * The University of Cincinnati's Hoxworth Blood Center, OH ViaCord's headquarters are located in Cambridge, Massachusetts; a recognized global hub of biotechnology. All cord blood collections are processed and stored at our cord blood storage facility outside of Cincinnati.

Founded in 1989, Cryo-Cell International, Inc. is the world’s first private cord blood bank. More than 500,000 parents from 87 countries have entrusted Cryo-Cell International with their baby’s cord blood and cord tissue stem cells. In addition to its family bank, Cryo-Cell International has a public banking program in partnership with Duke University. Cryo-Cell’s public bank has provided cord blood for more than 600 transplantations and operates cord blood donation sites across the U.S in prominent hospitals such as Cedars–Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles and Baptist Hospital in Miami. Cryo-Cell’s mission is to provide clients with state-of-the-art cord blood and cord tissue cryopreservation services, raise awareness of the opportunity for expectant parents to bank or donate their baby’s cord blood and support the advancement of regenerative medicine. Cryo-Cell operates in a facility that is FDA-registered, cGMP-/cGTP-compliant and licensed in all states requiring licensure. Besides being AABB-accredited as a cord blood facility, Cryo-Cell was also the first U.S. (for private use only) cord blood bank to receive FACT accreditation for adhering to the most stringent cord blood quality standards set by any internationally recognized, independent accrediting organization. In addition, Cryo-Cell is ISO 13485:2003–certified by TÜV, an internationally recognized, quality assessment organization. Cryo-Cell is a publicly traded company, OTCQB:CCEL. For more information, please visit www.cryo-cell.com.

CRYOSAVE is the largest family stem cell bank in Europe. The flagship laboratory is in Geneva with a further 5 facilities, each carrying the Swiss values of high quality, high security and a long term view. Focus is on providing stem cells of top quality ready for effective therapy as soon as it is needed, now or in the future. CRYOSAVE has a proven track record of cord blood unit release and successful therapy of life threatening conditions. CRYOSAVE is part of ESPERITE is a diversified biotech global group leader in regenerative and precision medicine. Established in 2000, the holding group is headquartered in the Netherlands, listed at Euronext Amsterdam and Paris and operational in over 30 countries counting more than 200 employees. ESPERITE transforms the power of state-of-the-art technologies and scientific advancements into high quality products that bring the future of medicine to customers today at an affordable price.