Lok Sabha Question No. 2982 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-28
Subject: Umbilical Cord Blood Banks
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: NARAMALLI SIVAPRASAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RE SEARCH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2982 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH DECEMBER, 2018

## UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKS

## 2982. DR. NARAMALLI SIVA PRASAD:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has issued any  guidelines  regarding  stem  cell  banking in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  number  of  approved  umbilical cord  blood  banks,  State/UT - wise  andlocation - wise along with the number of people who availed the facility during the last three years;
- (c) whether the Government has received complaints regarding any such umbilical cord blood banks; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government thereon?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a): No. However, the requirements for collection, processing, testing, storage, ba and release of Umbilical Cord Blood Derived Stem Cells are given in Schedule F Part XII -D of the Drugs & Cosmetics Rules, 1945.
- (b): Statement  of  approved  Umbilical  Cord  Blood  Banks,  State/UT - wis and  location wise, is annexed . There is no data available with Indian Council of Medical Research/ Directorate General of Health Services, of people, who availed the facility duri the last three years.
- (c)& (d) : Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has not received any complaint against such approved Umbilical Cord Blood Banks.

| AN NEXURE   | AN NEXURE                                                                                                                                                                   | AN NEXURE      |
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| S. No.      | Name &address of UCB Bank                                                                                                                                                   | State/UT       |
| 1           | M/s Path Care Labs Pvt Ltd., Survey No. 34, opp.-Geetanjali Engg. College, Cheeriyal Village, Keesara Mandal, Ranga Reddy Dist., Andhra Pradesh                             | Andhra Pradesh |
| 2           | M/s Stemcyte India Therapeutics Private Limited, Plot No. 1A, Bhat GIDC Estate, Gandhinagar, Gujarat                                                                        | Gujarat        |
| 3           | M/s Best Wellcare Management Services Pvt. Ltd. (Indu Stem Cell Bank), 3 rd Floor, Vinraj Plaza, Opp.- Govt. Press, Kothi, Vadodara, Gujarat                                | Gujarat        |
| 4           | M/s Lifecell International Pvt. Ltd., Plot No. 26, Sector-4, IMT, Manesar, Gurgaon, Haryana                                                                                 | Haryana        |
| 5           | M/s Unistem Bio Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Plot No. 62, Udyog Vihar, Phase-1, Gurgaon, Haryana                                                                                     | Haryana        |
| 6           | M/s Cryoviva Biotech Pvt. Ltd. (formerly known as Cryobanks International Pvt. Ltd.), 129, Pace City-1, Sector- 37, Gurgaon, Haryana                                        | Haryana        |
| 7           | M/s Totipotent RX Cell Therapy Pvt. Ltd., At Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Sector-44, Gurgaon, Haryana                                                                | Haryana        |
| 8           | M/s Cryo Save (India) Pvt. Ltd., 183, Gayathri Tech Park, EPIP, Road IB, Whitefield, Bangalore-560066                                                                       | Karnataka      |
| 9           | M/s International Stemcell Services Ltd., Tower 5, 9/1, Mission Road, Subbaiah Circle, Bangalore-560027                                                                     | Karnataka      |
| 10          | M/s Narayana Hrudayalaya Tissue Bank & Stem Cells Research Centre, 258, Bommasandra Area, Bangalore-99                                                                      | Karnataka      |
| 11          | M/s Cryovault Biotech India Pvt. Ltd, 06, Arden Fair, 4 th Floor, Pai Layout, Old Madras road, Tin Factory, Bengaluru- 560016, Karnataka                                    | Karnataka      |
| 12          | M/s Nitte University Centre for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine (NUCSREM), KS Hegde Medical Academy, Nithyanandnagara, Deralakatte, Mangaluru- 575018, Karnataka | Karnataka      |
| 13          | M/s Cryo Stemcell Karnataka Pvt. Ltd., No. 437, 40 th Cross, Th Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore.                                                                                | Karnataka      |
| 14          | M/s Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., at Dhirubhai Ambani Life Science Centre, R-282, TTC, Industrial Area, Thane Belapur Road, Rabale, Navi Mumbai-400071                  | Maharashtra    |
| 15          | M/s Regrow Biosciences Pvt. Ltd., 22, Shah Industrial Estate, Nangargaon, Lonavala, Maval, Pune, Maharashtra                                                                | Maharashtra    |
| 16          | M/s Ree Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Unit No. 3, Andheri Industrial Estate, Veera Desai Road, Andheri (W), Mumbai- 53                                                            | Maharashtra    |
| 17          | M/s SaiSeva Biotech Pvt. Ltd., 1 st Floor of Ganaraya Housing Society, Survey No. 384/A/1A/1, Shahupuri, Satara-415002, Maharashtra                                         | Maharashtra    |
| 18          | M/s Stem Plus Cryopreservation Pvt. Ltd., First Floor, Office No. F1, F2 & F3, Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad Statue, ST Road, Khan Bhag, Sangli                                       | Maharashtra    |

|   19 | M/s Lifecell International Pvt. Ltd., S.No. 48, Keelakottaiyur Village, Kelambakkam, Vandalur Road, Chennai-48                                                                        | Tamil Nadu   |
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|   20 | M/s Jeevan Blood Bank and Research Centre (Run by Lister Charitable Trust for Technology, Education and Research), 22/11, 2 nd Floor, Wheat Crofts Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai-600034 | Tamil Nadu   |
|   21 | M/s Cord Life Sciences India Pvt. Ltd., PL Deuty Road, Off. Diamond Harbour Road, Bishnupur, South 24, Parganas, West Bengal-743503                                                   | West Bengal  |
|   22 | M/s Cord blood Bank, School of Tropical Medicine, 3 rd & 4 th Floor, COE Building, 108, CR Avenue, Kolkata-700073,WB                                                                  | West Bengal  |