New Survey Reveals Americans' Perception Of The Growing Need For Plasma-derived Medicines

International Plasma Awareness Week (IPAW) takes spot globally from October 6-10. The week encourages communities astir nan world to admit nan captious domiciled of plasma successful creating lifesaving medicines and honors those who donate. A caller study has recovered that 72% of respondents work together that plasma-derived medicines tin prevention lives, yet astir person not donated plasma.

The study asked complete 1,000 American adults questions astir their knowing of plasma aid and lifesaving plasma-derived medicines. Plasma, a constituent of blood, is basal successful producing treatments for a assortment of superior wellness conditions, including immune deficiencies, bleeding disorders, terrible burns, and more. It is besides utilized successful mundane wellness attraction settings, specified arsenic during surgeries, childbirth, and organ transplants. 

The request for plasma-derived medicines continues to emergence arsenic subject reveals caller uses and indications, arsenic advances successful standards of attraction grow their domiciled successful treatment. With hundreds of thousands of patients astir nan world depending connected these unsocial therapies – and because plasma cannot beryllium recreated successful a laboratory – nan value of plasma aid is vital. The Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA) commissioned nan canvass to amended understand Americans' cognition of nan increasing request for plasma-derived medicines.

Notable study findings include:

• Eight successful 10 study respondents person ne'er donated plasma.

• About half (49%) of Americans who person ne'er donated plasma consciousness they do not cognize capable astir nan aid process.

• The study besides revealed a perceived disparity betwixt humor and plasma donation, pinch 65% of respondents believing location is simply a greater request for donated humor than plasma, and 60% emotion that humor aid benefits much people.

As nan study results show, location is expanding nationalist consciousness of nan basal domiciled plasma aid plays successful redeeming lives. However, knowing must proceed to beforehand successful bid to meet increasing diligent needs. During IPAW, it's important to admit plasma donors arsenic mundane heroes because, arsenic nan study shows, Americans cognize that plasma aid saves lives."

Anita Brikman, President and CEO of nan Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association

"As a diligent who relies connected nan generosity of plasma donors, I consciousness optimistic astir nan study results," said Lillie Hunnicut, a Seattle-based plasma advocator and communal adaptable immune deficiency diligent who shares her travel connected societal media arsenic @chronically.lils. "Donating plasma helps create medicines that thief maine and galore others thrive! Thanks to my plasma-derived therapy, I tin now run, hike, climb, and beryllium progressive and coming successful my regular life successful a measurement that I wasn't for respective years earlier my test and treatment. I americium truthful grateful to nan galore donors who person fixed maine not conscionable my life backmost – but person strengthened my consciousness of dream successful humanity."

"An estimated half a cardinal Americans person been diagnosed pinch a superior immunodeficiency (PI), though nan existent number is apt overmuch higher owed to wide underdiagnosis," said Jorey Berry, President and CEO of nan Immune Deficiency Foundation. "Many individuals pinch PI dangle connected life-saving plasma-derived medicines that cannot beryllium manufactured synthetically and tin only beryllium produced done nan generosity of quality donors. It is my dream that this study and International Plasma Awareness Week will radiance a much-needed spotlight connected nan critical, ongoing request for plasma aid and thief raise consciousness of these often-overlooked immune strategy disorders."

For much connected nan study and its findings, please scope retired to [email protected]. PPTA encourages each patient adults complete nan property of 18 to see giving nan gift of life done plasma donation. Visit www.pptaglobal.org/donate to study much and find a aid halfway adjacent you.