The multiple roles of cord blood banks in Taiwan: competition and collaboration

Figures & data

Table 1. The cord blood banks in Taiwan and the stored cells.

Cord blood bank	Cell stored
Taiwan Blood Services Foundation	UCBhSC
Tzu Chi Foundation	UCBhSC
VIA Cord Blood Stem Foundation	UCBhSC, plasma & DNA
Stemcyte	UCBhSC, cord MSC
Alarvita^a	UCBhSC, cord MSC & immunocyte from peripheral blood
BabyBanks	UChBSC, PBSC, cord MSC, teeth MSC & adipose MSC
Taiwan Advance	UCBhSC, cord MSC
SinoCell	UCBhSC, cord MSC, amnion MSC
Healthbanks	UCBhSC, cord MSC, adipose MSC
Guang Li Biomedicine	UCBhSC, adipose MSC

UCBhSC, umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem cell; MSC, mesenchymal stem cell; PBSC, peripheral blood stem cell.

^aAlarvita was acquired by Meribank in 2014.

Table 2. The types of cord blood banking in Taiwan.

Type	Storage program	Ownership of cells	Cell use
A	Public banking	Bank	Allogeneic transplant only
B	Family banking	Client	Transplant within family
C	Public and private hybrid banking	Bank/client	Autologous and allogeneic transplant, research, and clinical trials
D	Charitable family banking	Client	Transplant within family
E	Donatable family banking	Client	Autologous and allogeneic transplant

Table 3. The CBUs listed on BMDW and the units used for transplantation.

Name	Units list on BMDW^a	Units used for transplantation^b
Tzu Chi	12,632	105
Stemcyte	9460	327
Bionet	32,955	>70
Healthbanks	6424	Unknown

^aAccessed from the BMDW website on 11/09/2013.

^bData from websites and interviews in 2013.