 Success! April 13th, 2017 – Arizona Cord Blood Conference UPDATE: This event was held April 13th, 2017. Not only was the conference sold-out, but many of the speakers have offered to return for future events. There were numerous doctors and nurses in attendance (CME credits were awarded for certain lectures). Many parents were also in the audience. However, many of the most interesting questions came from local students who truly impressed everyone with their knowledge of cord blood stem cells. Exciting things are happening in Arizona! Get ready for the 2nd Annual Arizona Cord Blood Conference to be held on April 13th, 2017. We are looking forward to hearing from a wide range of speakers who work in the industry and are leading cutting edge research in cellular therapies using cord blood. For students interested in possible STEM careers, this conference will provide a unique opportunity to learn directly from those in the cord blood industry and discover new opportunities that are emerging thanks to exciting research and current uses for cord blood stem cells. For health professionals, you will have the opportunity to meet with leading scientists in this field and understand how your practice could immediately have impact or benefit from cord blood collections. As a medical practitioner, you can also earn up to 6 hours CME credits at this free conference. For hospital administrators and policy makers, this conference will be key to better understanding the current status of the cord blood industry and how we can work together to improve it.  Meet Nathan and numerous cord blood experts at the. . . ARIZONA Cord Blood Conference Thursday, April 13th, 2017 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM MST Desert Willow Conference Center 4340 East Cotton Center Boulevard Phoenix, AZ 85040 Exact program details will be announced shortly. Please check this page for updates.
* * * * * This event is sponsored by the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission in partnership with the UA College of Medicine-Phoenix, the Arizona Public Cord Blood Program and Save the Cord Foundation. Share the Science: Improve Operating Costs & Maximize Potential of Cord Blood – Linda Peltier, PhD11/17/2016
 Share the Science: Improve Operating Costs & Maximize Potential of Cord Blood – Linda Peltier, PhD Cord blood banking is expensive. Preserving cord blood is a process that depends on highly skilled personnel and very sophisticated equipment. Operating costs are high. Upfront investments for both public and private are significant. In recent years, the increase in regulations have created new challenges for those running public and private banks. Public banks are counting every penny while trying to offer the option to donate cord blood to as many parents as possible. Some private banks have pursued hybrid models in order to serve parents who want to donate as well as those who wish to privately bank. The hybrid model presents both challenges and opportunities when considering operating costs. Meanwhile, private banks continue to fight rising fierce competition which, in turn, forces them to keep prices as low as possible. The main question on everyone’s mind is “How can we do this better?”
Share the Science with Linda Peltier, PhD “How to Potentialize Donations to Cord Blood Banks” RECORDED: Friday, December 2nd, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m, Central Time Free webinar. Open to the public. In this free webinar, Peltier will discuss how public cord blood banks were initially established to store optimal units for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). Compliance with new regulations and transplant physician requests for an increased number of cells per cord blood unit (CBU) increased the processing costs to a point that some public CBBs had to merge or shut down. The current operational model must be modified. Product diversification and better use of each CBU is one approach that could improve the CBB cost recovery model. Peltier will discuss ways to recover cord blood and tissue components for a better operational cost. Her analysis is based on 1607 CBUs collected by the McGill University Health Centre Clinical Research Cord Blood Bank (MUHC CRCBB). McGill’s bank was able to recover more than 85% of units rejected by the public bank and calculated that making available cord blood plasma for MSC culture could double the revenue of the bank. This webinar promises to be beneficial to the management teams of both public and private banks. There is opportunity here, especially for those banks who adhere to the highest standards. Techniques taught in this webinar could help put your cord blood bank ahead of the competition while helping the industry as a whole.  * * *
We wish to express our sincere thanks to Linda Peltier for sharing her expertise and insight on improving operational costs for cord blood banks. We also wish to thank our generous sponsors, Mediware Inc., who continue to support cord blood education through our “Share the Science” series. |
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