Singapore, Oct 1, 2007: CordLife, cord blood banking company and Southeast Asia’s largest pharmaceutical company, Kalbe Farma, officially opened a new cord blood processing and storage facility in Jakarta, the first in Indonesia.  

 

The new facility, opened by Dr Dr Siti Fadilah Supari, the minister of health, Indonesia is located within the residential Jakarta suburb of Pulomas, is an advanced tissue facility, capable of storing up to 30,000 cord blood units. This facility joins the CordLife network of facilities in the region, which comprises Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney. Another facility will be opened before the end of the year in Kolkata, India.

 

In addition to the usual safeguards common to all CordLife cord blood banking facilities, such as power back-up and very strict measures to minimize sample contamination, the facility has special measures against flooding. It is located on the second floor of the building, with special purpose-built water resistant walls, and emergency pumps. The facility also has 24 hour manned security.

 

Mr Steven Fang, Group CEO of CordLife said, “With one of the largest population base in the region, Indonesia adds five million potential new births and market size to CordLife cord blood banking business every year. Our experiences in the past years operating in Indonesia and our intimate partnership with Kalbe Farma have been key to our success in gaining a market leadership in the Indonesian market.”

 

Mr Fang further said, “Later this year, a new facility in Singapore will be opened, with enhanced storage capacity to meet growing demand, as well as our facility in Kolkata, our first in the Indian subcontinent. In the months and years ahead, CordLife will open more facilities and marketing offices across the region, to meet the increasing demand for this potentially life-saving service.”