First patients get UK-sourced plasma in generation
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NHS resumes use of UK-sourced plasma for the first time in 27 years
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and NHS England have begun the production of blood plasma medicine from UK donors, after the recent lifting of a ban on UK plasma that had been in place since 1998.
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Suffolk blood donors help produce NHS plasma medicines
The new supply of UK plasma medicines will strengthen NHS stock ... Daniel Cooper, assistant director for blood donation operations at NHSBT, said: "Thanks to our amazing blood and plasma donors ...
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First NHS patients ‘in a generation’ get plasma from UK donors
The UK relied solely on plasma imports until the ban was lifted in February 2021. Since then, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has collected 250,000 litres of plasma from donors in England.