Donations
Our ability to treat rare conditions relies on the generosity of plasma donors, crucial to helping those in need.
Plasma, the essence of Science and Humanity, is the remarkable raw material from which we derive our vital therapies, and it is found nowhere else but in the human body.
Donating plasma is easy and takes about an hour in a friendly setting. Blood is drawn from the arm, passed through a plasmapheresis machine that separates the plasma from the cells, and the cells are returned to the donor. Plasma donors can donate more frequently than whole blood donors.
Kedrion, through its subsidiary KEDPLASMA, operates nearly 70 collection centers in the US. Another 5 are open in the Czech Republic under UnicaPlasma.
Plasma from all these centers is transported under special controlled conditions to one of our plants for processing into our many therapies. 2023 was a year of growth and integration for KEDPLASMA as the collection centers operated by BPL Plasma were welcomed into the Kedrion family. This is an ongoing process as center branding, policies and procedures are conformed.
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Special donors
Our donors are special individuals who generously contribute to help others in need. Among them, our Anti-D plasma donors play a crucial role in producing preventative therapy.
Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn (HDFN) is a serious condition affecting fetuses and newborns of Rh-negative women carrying Rh-positive fetuses. The plasma derivative that can help prevent this must be collected from people with Rh negative blood, who have a special antibody in their plasma. Efforts are being made to recruit more donors for this important cause.
Our donors from Pensacola
In addition to our Somerset Labs collection center in Buffalo, plasma collection programs for Rh-negative donors have been expanded to various centers across the US, including Augusta, GA, Lincoln, NE, Mobile-Moffett, AL, Mobile-Montlimar, AL, Pensacola, FL, and Youngstown, OH. Hear directly from some of our donors from our center in Pensacola.
Norman
Anti-D donor at the Pensacola collection center
Susan
Anti-D donor at the Pensacola collection center