Lake Oswego company pays mothers for their breast milk


Medolac Laboratories converts breast milk into a certifiably clean and storable product.

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Medolac Laboratories converts breast milk into a certifiably clean and storable product.

By applying industrial food-processing techniques, CEO Elena Medo hopes to dramatically expand access to human milk. But unlike nearly all milk banks across the country, she intends to make a profit.

“We’re trying to get this milk out to the 15 million preterm babies across the world,” she said. “The milk can really save lives.”

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