Important information

STATEMENT:

OVER 330 THOUSAND OF STEM CELL SAMPLES WERE TRANSPORTED SAFELY FROM FORMER SERVICE PROVIDER TO LABORATORIES OF FAMICORD GROUP (PBKM FamiCord).

Almost all of the stem cell samples previously stored in Europe by former service provider were safely transported to laboratories of FamiCord Group. Former service provider Switzerland remains the party of the contract with its Clients.

The FamiCord Group laboratories guarantee the highest quality and security of biological samples storage. Most of them are accredited by international institutions, such as the AABB (former American Association of Blood Banks) or FACT (Foundation for the Accreditation Cellular Therapies), which confirm that they operate in accordance with the most stringent safety standards.

Clients of former service provider who wish to check whether their samples have been transferred to FamiCord Group shall register themselves at  http://www.famicordcryobank.ch/.

With more than 410 thousands samples of cord blood or tissues stored (not including the samples transferred from former service provider), FamiCord Group is far the largest European cord blood bank and also 5th biggest in the world. FamiCord Group operates through the network of 10 laboratories in Europe located in various countries in Western, Southern and Eastern Europe. Over 33 % of cord blood samples collected in Europe is processed by one of FamiCord Group laboratories. The company has strong shareholders structure, most of them are financial investors: Active Ownership Fund (Germany), Nationale-Nederlanden, Invesco (USA), Rockbridge, Oil Fund of Norway, Allianz and others. Since many years PBKM Group has a very solid financial and operating results, which are stably growing.