Storing your baby’s stem cellsInsception Lifebank - Canada's largest and most experienced cord blood and tissue bank

There is only one opportunity to store

your baby's cord blood and tissue

stem cells - at birth.

Cord blood & cord tissue are rich in powerful stem cells that can only be collected at birth for potential future use.

Stem cells can be used now for medical treatments and new therapies are being researched for potential future uses of cord blood and tissue, for conditions including type-1 diabetes, cerebral palsy and autism.

Your baby’s cord blood stem cells are a perfect match for your child and may be a match for siblings.

Store with Insception Lifebank, Canada's largest and most experienced cord blood and tissue bank. Today, parents of more than 80,000 babies have stored with us.

Insception Lifebank is a trusted partner of key hospitals:

Overview:Storing your baby's stem cells

What is cord blood?

Cord blood is the blood that remains in your baby’s umbilical cord and placenta. Cord blood is a rich source of blood stem cells and other important cells.

Cord tissue is a segment of the baby’s umbilical cord. Cord tissue is a rich source of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which are the precursors to bone, cartilage, muscle and fat tissues.

Stem cells are powerful because they have the ability to create and regenerate the organs, blood, tissue and the immune system that make up our bodies.Stem cells can be found in bone marrow and fat tissue. However, younger, more flexible stem cells come from a newborn’s umbilical cord blood and tissue. As an important source of such potent stem cells, umbilical cord blood and tissue can be stored for potential future use.

Why are stem cells powerful?

What is cord tissue?

Cord blood and tissue basics

1. Enroll

Learn about your cord blood and tissue banking

options and enroll online.

2. Receive Your Kit

Receive your collection kit. Store at room temperature.

Bring it with you to your birthing

facility.

3. Collection

After your baby is born, cord blood and tissue are collected by your OBGYN

or midwife. Call Insception Lifebank within 2 hours of the birth for pick-up

of stem cells.

4. Processing & Storage

Insception Lifebank sends an SMS to confirm receipt of your sample. Cord blood

and tissue is processed and the baby’s stem cells

are safely and securely stored for the future.

What is the banking process?

Make an informed decision

by visiting insception.com/

learn

What can cord blood treat today?

Today, cord blood stem cells have been used in the treatment of over 80 life threatening diseases.1 There have been over 40,000 transplants2 worldwide using cord blood in place of bone marrow for conditions including:

• Solid tumors • Immune deficiencies • Cancers • Blood disorders & leukemias • Genetic diseases

What are the emerging treatments where cord blood may be used?

Scientific research is evaluating how cord blood cells may provide new therapies for a broad number of diseases for which there is no effective treatment today. While regenerative medicine has exciting potential, its prospects remain dependent on the success of ongoing research around the world. Conditions with clinical trials ongoing:3

• Autism • Cerebral Palsy • Type-1 Diabetes • Stroke

Importantly, a number of the new cord blood cell therapies being researched anticipate requiring cells directly from the patient being treated (i.e. autologous therapies).

Can cord blood be used for siblings?Cord blood has a greater potential to be a match for siblings compared to unrelated donors. Sibling cord blood has been associated with better clinical outcomes and fewer possible complications that may be associated with a third party donor.6

visit insception.com/learn

Why store cord blood and tissue?

2008 2012

82

55

33

2016

Number of conditions currentlytreatable with a Cord Blood Stem Cell transplant 4

Cumulative number of cord blood and tissue clinical trials 5

CT Trials

CB Trials

2008 2010 2012

8067

44

18

2

23121419114378

2014 2016

+290%

Why store cord tissue?

Research suggests that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have the ability to develop into structural and connective tissue. This important characteristic means that they could potentially be used to treat more conditions than cord blood alone can treat.7

Today, there are 70+ ongoing trials that are investigating the potential of MSCs to help treat a variety of medical conditions including:3

• Stroke • Multiple Sclerosis • Rheumatoid Arthritis • Wound Repair

Storing cord tissue today may provide future health options for your child and your family.

Emerging cord blood technologies

Advancements in technology may enable the number of cells available from cord blood collections to be expanded.

The important benefits of cell expansion would be: 8

• Extending the period over which cord blood stem cells may be used, as treatments for adults require more stem cells than treatments for a child

• Increasing the potential number of therapies from one unit of cord blood

Cerebral Palsy Sibling Cord Blood Collection

ProgramInsception Lifebank offers free cord blood

collection and storage for children who have siblings with

cerebral palsy. The program aims to ensure as many families as possible have access to potential local or international cord blood

trials and treatments.

For more information call 1 866 606 2790

Over

60% of parents store cord tissue9

Why Insception Lifebank?With over 20 years of experience, Insception Lifebank is Canada’s largest and most experienced family cord blood and tissue storage facility.

FDAregistered

• Released more cord blood units for treatments and clinical trials than all other Canadian cord blood banks combined

• With 100% successful release rate, all cord blood units released have been accepted for transfusion into patients, validating our processing, storage and shipping methods

• Insception Lifebank is available at ALL Canadian hospitals and home births with worry-free bedside pickup

• Insception Lifebank is a trusted partner with key hospitals:

• Insception Lifebank’s Medical Director Dr. Robert Casper and Scientific Advisor Dr. Ian Rogers have extensive research expertise in cell based therapies

• Insception Lifebank is fully licensed for the collection, processing and storage of umbilical cord blood and has achieved the highest level of Voluntary Accreditation

Experience and partnerships

Accreditation and expertise

Insception Lifebank, as part of the Cell Care Group, actively participates in clinical trials such as:

Cerebral Palsy • Stem cell infusion from cord

blood as a possible treatment for cerebral palsy

Type 1 Diabetes • The potential of cord blood to

prevent or delay the onset of type 1 diabetes in children

Our active support of clinical trials is evidence of our commitment to the ongoing development of stem cell therapy science and research

Supporting research

Over

40,000cord blood transplants2 have been performed worldwide to date

Over

80,000cord blood units stored

Terms and conditions: 12 month payment options include a one-time $95 administration fee. Annual storage plan fees are adjusted each year, on the 1st of July, to align with the national consumer price index (CPI) as reported by Statistics Canada. All prices are subject to change. For the most recent prices, refer to www.insception.com. Prices displayed are rounded down to the nearest dollar. Prices do not include promotional or repeat client discounts. Applicable taxes and medical courier costs are not included. Some birthing facilities may charge an additional fee for cord blood and tissue collection. A credit card fee of 1% will be applied to the total amount payable before taxes. Please refer to client storage agreement for full terms and conditions.

Pricing & Payment Options

+

Initial fee

OR

Storage Fee

Cord Blood

$143 per year

$1100OR

$99 per month

for 12 months

+

Cord Blood & Cord Tissue

$271 per year

$1745OR

$153 per month

for 12 months

Insception Lifebank offers a number of flexible cord blood and tissue options to meet your family’s individual needs.

Annual Storage Plans

• Include an initial fee for the collection kit, processing and testing of the cord blood and tissue

• This initial fee can be paid over 12 months or as one payment

• A yearly storage fee is payable without commitment to a specific timeframe

Prices starting from

Begin your pregnancy health care journey with Panorama Prenatal Screen, a non-invasive DNA screening that lets you know more about your baby’s health.

Then stay at the forefront of medical science by storing your baby’s cord blood and tissue stem cells with Insception Lifebank.

The Panorama non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) can be done as early as 9 weeks gestation.

For more information call 1 866 606 2790 or visit insception.com/panorama

PanoramaTM Prenatal Screen+Cord BloodBanking

TM

* Offer subject to change without notice.

Prepaid Storage Plans up to 30 years are also available For full pricing details, visit insception.com

Save $143* on Cord Blood + Tissue Storage

© 2019 Insception Biosciences Inc. All Rights Reserved.Subject to change without notice. V04-EN8PG2019 - Jul. 1, 2019

Saveon your cord blood and tissue storage

* Terms and conditions apply, for more information visit insception.com/refer-friend

Contact Insception Lifebank insception.com

info@insception.com

1 866 606 2790

Referred by a friend? You and your friend can both receive a Cheque or Storage Credit to use towards future cord blood storage fees

References:1. Matsumoto M.M. and Matthews K.R. A Need for Renewed and Cohesive US Policy on Cord Blood Banking.

Stem Cell Rev. 2015 Dec;11(6):789-97. doi: 10.1007/s12015-015-9613-9.2. Ballen K. Update on umbilical cord blood transplantation [version 1; referees: 2 approved].

F1000Research 2017, 6(F1000 Faculty Rev):1556 (doi: 10.12688/f1000research.11952.1)3. https://clinicaltrials.gov/4. Bioinformant: Complete 2017-18 Cord Blood Banking Industry Report www.Bioinformant.com.5. https://clinicaltrials.gov, www.australianclinicaltrials.gov.au6. Bizzetto et al, haematologica | 2011; 96(1): 1347. Omar et al, Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells: The New Gold Standard for Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Based Therapies? Tissue Eng Part B Rev. April 2014 (Epub ahead of print). 8. Nietfeld JJ, Pasquini MC, Logan BR,Verter F, Horowitz MM. Lifetime probabilities of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the US. Biol Blood Marrow transplant. Mar 2008; 14(3): 316-3 9. Insception data on file. Rolling 6 months, Cord Tissue % of total storage.