Saving and enhancing lives through the healing power of human cells and tissue
INTEGRATING DONOR-TO-PATIENT SERVICES TO ENABLE THE FUTURE OF BIOTHERAPEUTIC SOLUTIONS
BioBridge Global is a San Antonio-based nonprofit organization. Through its subsidiaries, it offers products in blood and tissue banking, comprehensive testing capabilities and a broad range of services supporting the development of advanced therapies.
South Texas Blood & Tissue is an AABB-accredited blood bank. It is the largest blood supplier in South Texas, supporting regional hospitals and emergency first responders. It implemented the first regional whole blood prehospital transfusion program in the country.
As an AATB-accredited tissue bank, South Texas Blood & Tissue offers tissue recoveries from living and deceased donors.
▶ Transfusable blood products
▶ Granulocyte collections
▶ Therapeutic phlebotomy
▶ 24/7 Immunohematology Reference Laboratory (IRL)
▶ Umbilical cord blood units for transplant
▶ Perinatal tissue collections
▶ Deceased donor tissue recoveries
QualTex Laboratories is an FDA-registered and CLIA-certified organization that provides state-of-the-art, automated high-volume capacity donor screening and biological testing services. It is one of the largest independent, nonprofit testing laboratories in the United States and has locations in San Antonio and Atlanta.
▶ Donor screening (whole blood, plasma, HCT/P)
▶ Confirmatory & supplemental testing
▶ Pooled plasma testing
▶ Microbiology services
▶ Environmental monitoring
▶ Custom assay development
BBG Advanced Therapies delivers a fully integrated and custom portfolio of innovative solutions that bring transformative therapies to patients across the globe.
Starting Materials
▶ Leukopaks, cord blood units
▶ Allogeneic and autologous collections
▶ Recallable research donor registry
▶ Donor recruitment and screening
▶ Cryopreservation, storage, and distribution
Advanced Therapies Testing
▶ Safety, characterization, potency
▶ In-process and release testing
▶ Custom assay development, qualification, and validation
Biomanufacturing
▶ Process development, optimization, scale-up
▶ Master and working cell bank, drug substance, drug product, specialty media, supplements
▶ Cleanroom space designed to be compliant with FDA, EMA, and PMDA requirements
Clinical Research Support
▶ Clinical and pre-clinical research for biotechnology, medical device, and government organizations
▶ CITI-trained personnel
BioBridge Global operates an integrated quality management system that complies with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015. The organization serves customers on four continents and is in compliance with numerous U.S. and international regulatory agencies.