2013 Conferences and Symposiums

February 3 – 8	International Winter Symposium in Intensive Care Medicine [Grindelwald, Switzerland]
March 5-6	International Plasma Protein Congress (IPPC); Dublin, Ireland
March 19-22	33nd International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine [Brussels, Belgium]
April 22-25	19th Annual International Society for Cellular Therapy Meeting [Auckland, New Zealand]
April 23-24	IPFA/PEI 20th International Workshop on Surveillance and Screening of Blood Borne Pathogens [Helsinki, Finland]
April 24	Frontiers in Critical Care [Amsterdam, The Netherlands]
May 20-24	HEMATOLOGY 2013 - IV International Workshop on Hemophilia [La Habana, Cuba]
May 23-26	8th C-1 Inhibitor Deficiency Workshop [Budapest, Hungary]
June 2-5	23rd Regional Congress of the ISBT [Amsterdam, The Netherlands]
June 10-14	6th Annual Emerging Technologies in the OR and Great Fluid Debate [Lake Buena Vista, Florida]
June 11-12	Plasma Protein Forum; Reston, Virginia, United States
June 29-July 7	XXIV International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis Congress [Amsterdam, The Netherlands]
October 4-6	European Haemophilia Consortium Conference [Bucharest, Romania]
October 9-13	The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Annual Congress [Barcelona Spain]
October 13	Source Business Forum (PPTA Members Only); Denver, Colorado, United States
October 13-19	International Plasma Awareness Week *NEW*
Oct 29-Nov 1	16th Biennial Meeting of the European Society for Immunodeficiencies (ESID) [Prague, Czech Republic]

PPTA News

Final Summary of the PPTA/FDA Liaison Meeting on September 14, 2022 +

The following is a final summary of the PPTA-FDA Liaison Meeting held virtually on September 14, 2022.

Welcome, Introductions & Meeting Guidelines

PPTA and Head of Global Plasma welcomed all participants and appreciated FDA’s participation in today’s meeting. PPTA’s Head of Global Regulatory Policy opened the meeting with introductory remarks. PPTA’s External Legal Counsel advised the participants on the meeting guidelines and the antitrust statement.
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International Plasma Awareness Week 2022: Donate Locally. Think Globally. +

ANNAPOLIS, MD (October 3, 2022) — The Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA) is proud to mark the launch of the 10th annual International Plasma Awareness Week (IPAW), which will run from Monday, October 3 until Friday, October 7. Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. who live with these rare diseases, and countless others facing trauma and emergency medical needs every day, rely on plasma-derived therapies that are only available because of the commitment of dedicated plasma donors.
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HHS Launches Plasma and Blood Donation Campaign +

On August 4, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a new nationwide campaign, Giving=Living, intended to draw awareness to the importance of plasma and blood donation, especially following a steep decline in both caused by the Covid pandemic.
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PPTA Statement on the draft EU Substances of Human Origin Regulation +

PPTA welcomes positive developments but regrets missed opportunities to support plasma donors and patients who rely on plasma-derived medicinal products (PDMPs)

Brussels, Belgium (July 14, 2022). While the text of the draft regulation on Substances of Human Origin (SoHo) addresses a number of PPTA’s concerns, it has missed the opportunity to help Member States increase plasma collection to improve the reliable availability of life-saving, plasma-derived therapies to patients with a wide range of rare and complex, chronic diseases. As much as 38% of the plasma used to produce medicines for the EU’s 300,000 rare disease patients who rely on PDMPs comes from the U.S., a reliance highlighted during the pandemic, when critical plasma donations declined significantly.
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