Introduction
FertiPro N.V. has been one of the leading manufacturers of diagnostics and cell culture media for use in
assisted reproductive techniques and diagnosis of male infertility since 1992.
Production takes place in a controlled, overpressurized laboratory environment which is classified as GMP Class C, aseptic processing and sterile filtration is done in a Class A environment. Part of the aseptic processing is done in a state-of-the-art, Class A isolator which is fully GPM compliant.
Our production lab is part of the main company building. Administration services, packaging and shipping and R&D are located in a second building. In December 2009 the construction will start on a third building containing manufacturing and R&D laboratories.FertiPro has been ISO-certified since 1999 acccording to the ISO9001 and the ISO13485 (including CMDCAS) standards.
All our diagnostic kits are CE marked based on the European Directive for IVD's 98/79/EC. Our Sil-Select Plus, Sil-Select Stock and FertiCult Mineral Oil are CE marked according to the European Directive for Medical Devices 93/42/EC and we are currently working on the CE marking of our Class 3 medical devices.
Latest news
FertiPro receives research grant for stemcell medium
FertiPro has recently received substantial financial backing from the Flemish IWT (agency for Innovation by Science and Technology), to develop a novel, chemically defined medium, free of animal-derived protein, for the development and expansion of human adult stemcells.
FertiPro will cooperate with biotech company ReGenesys (part of the bio-incubator in Leuven) and the University of Antwerp.
VitriFreeze™ and VitriThaw™ for early stage embryos
2 years after first introducing the vitrification kit for human morula and blastocyst stage embryos, we have developed a vitification kit and protocol for use with 2PN to 8-cell embryos.