RhyothemisManitoba weighs ban on for-profit plasma donations after 2 deaths | CBC News: The National
12 March 2026
https://youtu.be/3-E4KmaQ3Mo
YouTube
related:
Blood donors surprised Canadian plasma products being sold abroad | CBC News
11 Sept 2025
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/blood-donors-surprised-canadian-plasma-sold-abroad-1.7628893
It takes around 90 minutes to donate plasma so I don't think it is unreasonable to compensate people for their time. I'm skeptical that all need for immunoglobins is currently being met - there are people who could potentially benefit but do not get the treatment because they are not deemed sick enough.
The Differential Value Of Plasma-derived Medicinal Products (PDMPs) | Grifols
[2024]
https://www.grifols.com/documents/6155530/7244385/differential-value-plasma-derivatives-products-PDMPs.pdf/d85a38c2-25de-333a-7507-5bb8f6431fe4?t=1738165180846
[2024]
https://www.grifols.com/documents/6155530/7244385/differential-value-plasma-derivatives-products-PDMPs.pdf/d85a38c2-25de-333a-7507-5bb8f6431fe4?t=1738165180846
PLASMA FLOWS ON A GLOBAL LEVEL
– WHY IT TRAVELS SO FAR
Matthew Hotchko, PhD
President, Marketing Research Bureau
PPTA Presentation “Introduction to the Global Journey of Plasma”
January 2021
https://marketingresearchbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Hotchko-MRB-website-presentation.pdf
– WHY IT TRAVELS SO FAR
Matthew Hotchko, PhD
President, Marketing Research Bureau
PPTA Presentation “Introduction to the Global Journey of Plasma”
January 2021
https://marketingresearchbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Hotchko-MRB-website-presentation.pdf