Pharmaceutical
development
Our medicines are authorized by the European Medicines Agency, which gives them optimal quality, efficacy and safety for use.
Our donors are healthy, full-term sport foals born naturally at partner breeding centers. All umbilical cords used in the development of our medications are collected by highly qualified personnel who are present at the time of birth to ensure proper neonatal care and optimal tissue collection.
The collection of the tissue does not affect the normal equine birthing process, being a process in line with the maximum animal welfare.
Once in our facilities, the umbilical cord is processed following the highest European quality standards.
Our 500m2 high-tech laboratory facilities include a production room that complies with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) of over 100m2 specially designed for the manufacture of our products.
During the manufacturing process, more than 30 Quality Controls are carried out according to the European Pharmacopoeia, including: cell morphology, viability, cell duplications, identity, mycoplasma, genetic stability, foreign viruses, potency, sterility, etc.
Once the manufacturing process is complete, HorStem and DogStem are packaged fresh, meaning they can be used directly without the need for veterinary handling and can be applied easily and safely.
1. Stud FarmOnly stud farms that meet the highest quality standards are allowed to work with us. All our stud farms offer 24-hour veterinary assistance during foaling, 24-hour monitored foaling pens, a deworming/vaccination program, a veterinary medical team, and the highest quality standards in breeding. All our foals are from top-level sport horses or racehorses.
2. Birth of the foalIn order to interfere as little as possible with the natural birthing process and to preserve animal welfare as much as possible, one of EquiCord's principles, once the foal has been born, the veterinary staff collect the umbilical cord tissue and begin an on-farm disinfection process patented by EquiCord.
3. Tissue receptionAt our facilities, the fabric is checked by the quality control and logistics department, so that the collection of the fabric as well as its documentation (health status of the mother and foal before and during birth and shipping temperature) meets the established quality standards.
4. Tissue processingThe production department begins processing the umbilical cord tissue, a predominantly manual process carried out by our highly specialized staff. Once the Master Cell Bank is manufactured, it is frozen while the results of quality control tests are obtained: sterility, mycoplasma, genetic stability, viruses and parasites, purity and identity, blood analysis of the donor foal, etc.
5. Cell ExpansionOnce the results of all quality controls are obtained, the cells are expanded to pass 4 under aseptic conditions following the highest European standards and tested again for all quality controls.
6. Packaging and final productHorStem and DogStem are packaged ready to use in small batches every week to ensure their supply to all of Europe.
7. Shipping and LogisticsOur medications are sent directly to the veterinarian via specialized transport and following Good Distribution Practices (GDPs).