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CALIFORNIA PLASMA COALITION

Ensuring California Patients Have Access to Life-Saving Plasma Medicines

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CalPlasma

Every plasma donation tells a life-saving story. CalPlasma is a dedicated community of patients, donors, health care professionals, and advocates working to ensure that every Californian has timely access to the life-saving plasma medicines they need when they need them most. Through powerful patient stories, expert insights, and community advocacy, CalPlasma is building a movement to shine a light on the importance of plasma donation and, more importantly, save more lives.

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What is Plasma?

Plasma is the straw-colored liquid portion of your blood. It contains thousands of proteins, which carry out critical functions, such as antibodies to fight diseases and clotting factors to regulate bleeding. Medicines created from plasma are critical for individuals living with chronic and rare health conditions, like primary immunodeficiency, Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, hereditary angioedema, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (also known as Guillain-Barré syndrome), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), and bleeding disorders. Plasma-derived medicines can also reduce complications associated with pregnancy, play a supportive role in cancer care, protect against infections like tetanus, replenish lost fluids in burn patients, and prevent excess blood loss during shock and trauma.

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Real Life Impact

Because plasma cannot be artificially reproduced, patients rely on donations from thousands of healthy individuals. For example:

Hemophilia A

One patient needs 1,200 plasma donations every year.

Primary Immunodeficiency Disease

One patient needs 130 plasma donations every year.

Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

 One patient needs 900 donations every year.

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Save More Lives by Increasing Access to Care

By enabling source plasma donation centers to operate more efficiently, California can ensure more patients get the life-saving treatments they need, when they need them.

 

Join CalPlasma to help save more lives and improve care for all Californians, now and in the future.

The California Plasma Coalition (CalPlasma) is a network of patient advocacy organizations, community leaders, and everyday citizens dedicated to improving awareness of plasma, increasing access to plasma-derived medicines, and saving more lives. CalPlasma is a campaign by the Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association.

© 2025 The California Plasma Coalition

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