The present invention relates to a medium composition for the cryopreservation of cells, which exhibits excellent cell recovery rates, cell viability rates and cell activity after thawing, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the medium composition and therapeutic cells. Also, the medium composition of the present invention allows for readily administering the cryopreserved therapeutic cells to a subject without additional procedures such as washing, separation, etc. Therefore, the composition may be used as an excellent medium composition for cell cryopreservation or as an excellent therapeutic composition.
