Europe wants to be master of its own destiny in producing essential drugs and finding COVID-19 treatments, but it's got a problem. It relies on the United States for a critical ingredient: blood plasma.
BRUSSELS - Europe wants to be master of its own destiny in producing essential drugs and finding COVID-19 treatments, but it’s got a problem. It relies on the United States for a critical ingredient: blood plasma.
The coronavirus crisis should push authorities to overhaul Europe’s blood donation system, according to some industry players. The United States’ steadier plasma supplies are partly due to its system of paying people to donate blood used to develop medicines. In most European countries, donations are unpaid because of safety and ethical reasons.
Around 35% of the plasma for medicines needed by about 300,000 Europeans with chronic diseases comes from the United States, according to the Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association , a trading body for the biggest manufacturers of plasma-derived therapies. Standard-setters and plasma collectors, however, want Europe to achieve self-sufficiency by boosting unpaid donations.
A Commission official said measures had been taken during the pandemic to “mitigate the risk” of plasma shortages, including a temporary softening of regulatory requirements for blood collection centres.
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