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Marilena Vrana on IPAW 2025: Celebrating Plasma Donors and Saving Lives
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Sep 23, 2025, 08:59

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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