Essent Biologics™, a leading supplier of adult human-derived cell and scaffold materials, today announced it has entered into a global distribution partnership agreement with the Amnion Foundation, a non-profit cell bank specializing in birth-tissue related cells and services. The partnership furthers the companies’ shared mission to democratize global access to non-controversial, full-term placental tissue-derived cell types. “We have a strong relationship with Essent Biologics and are confident in our collective ability to make birth tissue-derived cells accessible to researchers worldwide,” said Sharon Presnell, Ph.D., President and Director of Research Services.