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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

Published Fri, Sep 4, 2020 · 09:50 PM

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    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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