Our Milestones
| 2002 |
First cord blood bank to be licensed by Singapore’s Ministry of Health incorporated and began its first day of operations on the same day |
| 2003 |
Collected 800 cord blood samples within the first year |
| 2003 |
Expanded operations on a regional scale with the incorporation of StemCord Indonesia and StemCord Philippines |
| 2004 |
Expanded operations with the incorporation of StemCord Brunei |
| 2006 |
A “Tribute to Women” Roadshow held at Suntec City in conjunction with StemCord’s fifth anniversary celebrations |
| 2007 |
Registration of StemCord’s 10,000th Customer, making StemCord the largest private cord blood bank in Singapore |
| 2007 |
First in Singapore and the region to introduce split storage facilities |
| 2007 |
BabyCare Festival 2007 |
| 2008 |
Launch of StemShield – medical insurance plan for StemCord customers covering stem cell transplants |
| 2009 |
As part of the FACT accreditation process, FACT inspectors team conducted an initial inspection which addresses all
quality aspects of Laboratory Management including collection, processing, storage, transportation of cord blood and its administration |
| 2009 |
Registration of StemCord's 20,000th Cord Blood Banking Customer |
| 2011 |
First cord blood bank in Southeast Asia to be awarded the accreditation for the FACT-NetCord International Standards for Cord Blood Collection, Processing, Testing, Banking, Selection and Release of autologous cord blood units |
| 2012 |
Over 30,000 cord blood samples processed and stored at our own dedicated laboratory and storage Facilities. |
Mrs Heng Koon Gek (centre), who became StemCord’s ten-thousandth customer of StemCord on 3 March 2007, with Dr Ang Peng Tiam, Director and Co-Founder of StemCord (left) and Dr Leong See Odd, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of StemCord (right).
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