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BioBridge Global is a San Antonio-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit healthcare services enterprise that offers diverse services through its nonprofit subsidiaries - South Texas Blood & Tissue, QualTex Laboratories, BBG Advanced Therapies and The Blood & Tissue Center Foundation. BioBridge Global provides products and services in blood resource management, cellular therapy, donated umbilical cord blood, and human tissue, as well as testing of blood, plasma, and tissue products for clients in the United States and worldwide.

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BIOLOGOS is a full-service manufacturer of standard and custom serum, cell culture media, and reagents, specializing in quick-turn product formulation, manufacturing, and distribution.

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Eurofins CellTx, founded in 2021 in Tucson, Arizona, is a member of the Eurofins Transplant Diagnostics family of laboratories. CellTx is solely dedicated to offering critical testing support for living donor-derived source material: stem cells, bone marrow, cord blood, perinatal tissues, oocyte, and sperm donations. The laboratory’s extensive testing menu supports these organizations, from donor sources to transplantable cell-based products, regenerative medicines, and fertility applications.

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Exsurco Medical engineers high precision products for both the healthcare and tissue bank professionals. Their products allow these professionals to work with ease, efficiency, and compassion. They are dedicated to working together with this community of professionals who are advancing the healing power of skin to patients who need it the most. Their mission is to redefine excision science across the continuum of care through delivery and advancements in clinical solutions, strategic healthcare partnerships, and strong customer knowledge. They are committed to improving patient lives and outcomes by advancing innovation, product development, and the marketing of medical devices for healthcare professionals in the surgical and tissue bank markets.

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Freight Services is the leader in fully managed shipping services specializing in Global Medical Education and Research. Immersed in the bio-skills and life science delivery industry, the Specialized Logistics team at FSI knows how to handle and manage the unique challenges associated with shipping whole-body donations, tissues, and medical devices. Maintaining strict adherence to all regulatory guidelines, FSI works quickly to ensure your life science and bio-skills shipments are timely, accurate, and delivered without delay Partnering with the FSI teams means you can ship with confidence for delivery peace of mind.

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With over 50 years of focus in the development and optimization of cell culture media, FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific is driven to develop scalable, innovative media for the life science, biotech, and biopharmaceutical fields. Their expertise and understanding of the challenges within integrated end-to-end workflow solutions, paired with their legendary customer service and technical support, enables them to partner with customers to create complete, optimized media solutions, ready for scale-up, that help bring therapies to market faster.

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Grifols is a global leader in transfusion medicine and a pioneer in disease detection and laboratory operations management. Simply put, their business is to protect the people who rely on blood products. Their unique, proven diagnostic solutions overcome laboratory challenges and improve transfusion safety to ensure blood compatibility and the detection of potential pathogens from infectious diseases in the donors of blood, plasma and tissue, while simplifying laboratory operations.

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Induce Biologics USA Inc. was founded to develop the next evolution of bone regeneration products. Its founders and management team have previously developed and launched several very successful orthobiologics (bone and tissue repair) products, including several bone graft substitutes. 

Induce Biologics is commercializing a family of bioimplants that includes Natural Matrix Protein (NMP) which replicates the body’s native healing capabilities in order to create natural bone regeneration. The NMP proprietary process unlocks the growth factors naturally found in bone, making them bioavailable.

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As one of the fastest-growing packaging companies in 2021, Instant Systems continues its decades-long tradition of providing high-quality packaging systems designed to solve the challenges facing the Human Tissue Banking and Cell Therapy markets today. Using the widest range of materials, manufacturing technologies, and sterilization methods, Instant Systems provides the most trusted packaging systems for an entire range of HCT/Ps. Instant Systems offers unparalleled and complete customer support, offering concept development, testing/validation, kitting/sterilization, and inventory management/distribution services.

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At InVita, the team consists of a collective force of dedicated professionals who understand the unique challenges of tissue banking and take pride in providing their industry-leading and comprehensive iTransplant® Tissue Recovery & Birth Tissue Acquisition Enterprise Solutions to meet its demands. Their comprehensive end-to-end modern digital solution—encompassing donor referral intake, screening, authorization + DRAI, recovery/acquisition, eligibility + release, donor family aftercare, referral source development, and more—is relied upon by leading tissue banks around the world. For more information and no-obligation demos of their solutions to help elevate life-preserving operations, contact InVita.

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LDI Medical focuses on innovative medical products that promote a safer, higher quality level of care for healthcare & deathcare. Explore our full lineup of deathcare products specifically designed to simplify preparation, safeguard employees, and support the high expectations of those working at funeral homes, tissue banks, and coroners’ offices. LDI Medical is part of the LDI Solutions family of companies that protect the environment and human health through innovative material science.

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Lifecycle Biotechnologies is a global manufacturer of aqueous reagents, chemicals, and medias for leading pharmaceutical, biologics, diagnostics, cellular agriculture, and cell and tissue-based product manufacturers. Lifecycle’s brand DIFFUMAX® is a line of ready-to-use sterile reagents designed with your needs and quality standards in mind. Inventoried out of our Texas FDA site registered location for immediate availability, this product line is designed to reduce the client procurement process typically associated with these types of reagents which means product is in stock and ready to ship when you need it. 

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Medline is the largest provider of medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions serving all points of care. Through its expansive product portfolio, resilient supply chain and leading clinical solutions, Medline helps healthcare providers improve their clinical, financial and operational outcomes. Headquartered in Northfield, Illinois, the company employs more than 43,000 people worldwide and operates in more than 100 countries and territories.

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National Jewish Health is the leading respiratory hospital in the nation. The National Jewish Health Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories perform a wide variety of diagnostic tests, including many specialized tests for tuberculosis (Mtb), nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and other infectious diseases. Their laboratories recently worked with minimally processed viable tissue manufacturers to develop a streamlined molecular test that detects the presence of Mtb in these potential products. Standard Mtb culture is also available.

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The Nationwide Organ Recovery Transport Alliance (NORA) collaborates with OPOs, Transplant Centers, and Tissue Recovery Agencies across the country to offer a meticulously customized "One-Call solution" for air and ground organ and tissue transportation. Our focus on efficiency, attention to detail, program budgetary considerations, the necessity of critical time management, and the impact your organization has on the community make NORA an excellent addition to your procurement processes.

NORA's nationwide presence is supported by our 24/7/365 dispatch and operations center; manned by a team of dedicated transportation specialists who are versed in the urgency and time-sensitive nature of all aspects of donation. They work with our local partners to ensure mission completion to the highest caliber. 

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Whether being sent out for research or used as allografts such as skin and bone grafts, heart valves or corneal grafts — human tissue shipments will vary greatly in size, weight, and temperature sensitivity. Working with key tissue processors and recovery organizations, QuickSTAT understands the challenges of delivering these life-saving and life-enhancing donated gifts. That's why they assess all aspects of your specific shipping needs, from the appropriate packaging and temperature requirements to optimized routing to meet your deadlines. They set up a comprehensive, detailed logistics operating procedure in advance to ensure the safety and integrity of every tissue shipment. A medical desk supported by healthcare logistics experts with the longest tenure in the industry is available 24/7/365 to support your worldwide critical shipping needs.

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Specializing in door-to-door transportation of live research animals, human and animal tissues, organ transplants, and pharmaceuticals. They are staffed with transportation experts in the animal, airline, and tissue fields. Same-day and next-day transport options are available. They will work with you to make sure you can continue your important business with the most minimal transport cost possible.

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Xiogenix is a leader in innovation for the regenerative medicine and tissue banking industries, designing biologic cutting dies, cleanroom-compatible presses, and automated processing equipment that set new standards for safety, efficiency, and precision. From soft and hard tissues to birth tissues, its solutions streamline workflows, safeguard quality, and maximize yield. Dedicated to honoring the gift of life, Xiogenix provides the industry with cutting-edge technology that drives impactful, life-changing advancements.

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