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CBC: Defining Novel Growth Opportunitie for the Cord Blood Field: Lessons Learned & Pathways Forward

AM25-SN-17-L - CBC: Defining Novel Growth Opportunities for the Cord Blood Field: Lessons Learned & Pathways Forward

Sunday, October 26, 2025

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

Location: 32

Speaker(s)

WV

Wouter Van't Hof, PhD

Cord Blood Bank Director
Cleveland Cord Blood Center

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Heather Brown, MS

Commercial Development, Advocacy, Clinical Oversight
CBR by CooperSurgical

Disclosure(s): No relevant disclosure to display
Tomasz Baran, MD, MBA (he/him/his)

Chief Medical Officer
FamiCord

Disclosure(s): No relevant disclosure to display
Roberto Waddington, BScEcon (he/him/his)

CEO & Country Manager
CryoHoldco Brasil
SAO PAULO, Sao Paulo

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Effectively addressing the challenge of scaling and growing the cord blood industry is critical for increasing the impact of our work in society.

Learning Objectives:

Lessons learned - do's and don'ts of industry consolidation.
Medical/scientific excellence and/or sustainable profitability.
New growth avenues: genetic testing and biobanking.
What role should public banking have going forward.