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‘Blood Money’: Inside the global business of selling plasma

February 28, 2023

Waltraud Grubitzsch/picture alliance via Getty Images

09 June 2022, Saxony, Leipzig: Employees work in the central laboratory of the Haema AG blood and plasma donation service on modern analysis equipment for blood and plasma samples. In the modern blood processing and logistics center, blood and plasma samples collected throughout Germany are analyzed. The supply situation is currently critical in Saxony because the willingness to donate is declining. However, plasma-based drugs are still urgently needed for the treatment of chronic, genetic and various life-threatening diseases.

Source: On Point - WBUR/NPR

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