Accreditation Statistics

As of August 1, 2023

Cellular Therapy Entities

  • Accredited: 255
  • Applicants: 26

Cord Blood Banks

  • Accredited: 53
  • Applicants: 9

Congratulations to the following organizations for achieving initial accreditation:

Pennsylvania Hospital, Penn Medicine: Adult autologous hematopoietic progenitor cellular therapy, peripheral blood cellular therapy product collection, and cellular therapy product processing with minimal manipulation

Sarah Cannon Transplant & Cellular Therapy Program at MountainView Hospital: Adult autologous hematopoietic progenitor cellular therapy, immune effector cellular therapy administration, peripheral blood cellular therapy product collection, and cellular therapy product processing with minimal manipulation

A complete list of accredited organizations can be found at www.factglobal.org.

New Members Welcomed to FACT Board of Directors

Posted in :: 2022 Volume 1 :: Monday, March 7th, 2022

FACT is honored to welcome two new members to the FACT Board of Directors in 2022.

Nicole Prokopishyn, PhD, is the Cellular Therapy Lab Director of the Alberta Blood and Marrow Transplant Program: Foothills Medical Centre, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, and Calgary Laboratory Services in Calgary Alberta. She is the FACT Standards Committee Chair and has been a FACT inspector since 2013. Wanxing Cui, MD, PhD, is the Director of the Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility in Washington, D.C. He has been a FACT inspector since 2018.

We are grateful for Dr. Prokopishyn’s and Dr. Ciu’s continued service to our organization and are looking forward to their guidance in their new leadership roles.