Future Health Biobank is one of the world’s most accredited stem cell banks. Regarded by its peers as the most innovative, highly considered centre of excellence for quality and service within the stem cell banking industry. Processes in both the UK and Swiss facilities are licensed and accredited to the highest level and operate to GMP standards.
Future Health Biobank’s UK laboratory is a Human Tissue Bank, licensed by the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) and authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of the UK Department of Health.
The UK Department of Health was amongst the first government bodies in Europe to issue a specific Code of Practice to govern the activities of Human Tissue Banks, which includes Cord Blood Stem Cell Banks. The objective of this Code of Practice is to ensure that safe, reliable quality tissue is produced and supplied to the health service for treatment purposes and medical applications. It is the Gold Standard for stem cell bank operations.
AABB is the global leader in standards development, accreditation and
implementation of quality systems in transfusion medicine and cellular treatments.
The HTA were created by the UK Parliament as non-departmental public body of the Department of Health,
overseen by an Authority of lay and professional members appointed by the Goverment
BSI is the business standards company that helps organizations all over the world make excellence a habit.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency regulates medicines,
medical devices and blood components for transfusion in the UK.
As part of the Federal Department of Home Affairs, the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) is responsible for public health in Switzerland.
Good distribution practice (GDP) is the standard that a medicines distributor must meet to ensure the quality and integrity of medical products for human use.
Medicinal products for human use must be:
Swissmedic is the Swiss authority for the licensing and monitoring of cell products.
Established in 1901, BSI were the world’s first National Standards Body. Today, they have 90 offices in 193 countries, helping 84,00 organisations make excellence a habit.
Cyber Essentials is a Government-backed, industry supported scheme independently verified by a qualified assessor. The scheme focuses on the following five key areas:
