Marilena Vrana on IPAW 2025: Celebrating Plasma Donors and Saving Lives
Marilena Vrana, Vice President at the Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA) Europe, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“During International Plasma Awareness week (6-10 October), I invite you to celebrate donors, raise awareness, and highlight how Plasma Powers Possibility.
Plasma is one of medicine’s most vital yet often overlooked resources. It cannot be manufactured in a lab, making healthy and reliable donors critical to patient well being.
Every donation is a lifeline that powers treatments for immune deficiencies, bleeding disorders, neurological conditions, severe burns, organ transplants, and more.
Did you know?
- 130 donations are needed to treat just one person with primary immunodeficiency for a year
- 900 for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
- 1200 for haemophilia
Each act of generosity sustains lives today and builds hope for tomorrow. As patient Dave, living with CIDP, shared: ՛Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) saved my quality of life; it has given me a reason to keep trying.՛
How can you take part in this IPAW2025:
- Share patient and donor stories
- Use PlasmaPowersPossibility on social media
- Join local events to spread the word
Together, during IPAW2025 and beyond, we can ensure plasma-derived medicines remain available for the patients who depend on them.”
For more information check here.
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