Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy: The Future of Healing?
The effectiveness of this controversial therapy in treating musculoskeletal disorders and other arthritic conditions is uncertain due to mixed results. Nevertheless, the PRP industry is booming.
Coming Soon: Dried Plasma for Hemorrhagic Trauma in the Prehospital Setting
It is now well-established that prehospital transfusion of plasma, with its balanced mix of coagulation proteins, counters the hemodilution and progressive derangement of hemostatic mechanisms caused by crystalloid-based resuscitation, improving the changes of survival in severely bleed trauma victims.
The Current Challenge of Immune Globulin Access
Understanding the factors contributing to the current shortage of immune globulin could help to address a crisis that threatens dire consequences for patients.
In Case of a Shortage: Strategies to Conserve the Immune Globulin Supply
What can be done in the event of a severe shortage of IG products, whose production is entirely reliant on a continuous supply of IgG-rich plasma donated at more than 800 dedicated U.S. collection facilities?
The Promise of COVID-19 Hyperimmune Immune Globulin Therapy
As of this writing, NIAID and industry collaborators are also finalizing the design of a large-scale trial to assess whether COVID-Ig can reduce the rate of hospitalization and other medical encounters in earlier-stage COVID-19 patients exhibiting mild to moderate symptoms.
Plasma Therapies: Effective COVID-19 Treatments?
Studies shed light on whether high-dose intravenous immune globulin, convalescent plasma and hyperimmune globulin will be effective therapeutic options for the novel coronavirus.
CoVIg-19 Plasma Alliance Expands Membership and Clinical Trial Collaboration
The CoVIg-19 Plasma Alliance now includes 11 plasma companies, and now also includes global organizations from outside the plasma industry.
Secondary Antibody Deficiency
Demand for IG products has doubled, going from 3 million grams just a decade ago to 7 million grams year-over-year today. What is to account for this increase?
