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Biovault is a private HTA licensed human tissue bank that works with both the private and public sectors including the NHS. Biovault was established in 2002 and launched a UK cord blood banking service in 2012 called Biovault Family.

Biovault is licensed for the procurement, processing, storage, testing, import and export of all tissue types for human transplant and all other uses.

The company is a Tissue Bank storing a range of human tissue mainly at cryogenic temperatures of between -180 and -196oC; the company can also store at a range of other temperatures such as +35oC, +4oC, -5oC, -20oC and -80oC.

The company provides facilities for processing of tissue in appropriate pharmaceutical Grade-A clean-room facilities prior to the controlled freezing, where appropriate, to the storage temperature. The company provides its own, in-house microbiology assessment of both the environmental conditions and blood status and conducts 100% Flow Cytometry testing on blood products, this being quality assessed to internationally recognised standards, in order to provide a report on the suitability of the tissue for transplant.

Biovault is linked to an independent CPA accredited laboratory which undertakes a full suite of serology tests and antibiotic sensitivity analysis.

Biovault holds the following accreditations:

ISO 9001, ISO 13485 and JACIE

At the end of 2011 Biovault applied for a HFEA license from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.