Cordlife sees growing adoption of cord-blood banking
The penetration rate in most of Asia is low, but is likely to rise with the rise of the middle class
GROWING up with asthma, healthcare industry veteran Tan Poh Lan, 58, found hospitals and emergency waiting rooms familiar territory.
The group chief executive officer of Singapore Exchange-listed cord blood banking services company Cordlife Group said: "I was horribly asthmatic as a kid, and spent time in hospitals whenever I suffered an attack.
"And because I loved the sciences, particularly biology, I wanted to build a career in healthcare."
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