Boards of Directors

Global Board of Directors

Karen Etchberger, CSL Behring - Chair
David Bell, Grifols
David Gao, Bio Products Laboratory
Julie Kim, Takeda
Paolo Marcucci, Kedrion SpA
Michael Ramroth, Biotest AG

Europe Board of Directors

Oliver Schmitt, CSL Behring GmbH - Chair
Michael Mensa, Bio Products Laboratory
Thierry Heinrich, Grifols Deutschland GmbH
Roberto Tana, Kedrion
Eric Thomas, Biotest
Rob de With, Takeda

North America Board of Directors

Bill Zabel, Grifols - Chair
Lynda Bowe, Kedrion Biopharma, Inc.
Adam Grossman, ADMA Biologics, Inc.
Bob Lojewski, CSL Behring
Brandon Monk, Takeda
Bob Rossilli, Bio Products Laboratory
Laura Saward, Emergent BioSolutions Inc.

Source Board of Directors

Roger Brinser, Takeda/BioLife - Chair
Peter Allen, Grifols Plasma Operations
Bill Bees, Prometic Plasma Resources
Allen Coleman, CSL Plasma
Marvin Dyke, BPL Plasma
Milan Maly, UNICAplasma s.r.o.
Rudolf Meixner, PlasmaVita Healthcare GmbH
Paolo Melloni, Kedrion
David Morad, Southern Blood Services
Dr. Martin Reinecke, Biotest AG

PPTA News

Study Shows Immunoglobulin Therapy is “Critical and Cost-Effective” in Treating CVID +

The journal publication, “Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy is critical and cost-effective in increasing life expectancy and quality of life in patients suffering from Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders (CVID): A health-economic assessment,” is authored by Professor Philippe van Wilder with the Université libre de Bruxelles and Professor Esther de Vries of Tilburg University and offers a health economic model to estimate the value of treatment with IG therapy for CVID patients.
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New position statement by CHMP regarding donor deferral criteria for sexual behaviour helps assessment of PMFs +

The International Plasma and Fractionation Association and the Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association are pleased with the recent publication by the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) "CHMP Position statement on quality and safety assessment for the Plasma Master File (PMF) certification with regard to donor deferral criteria for sexual risk behaviour," as such a position was highly needed, especially regarding men-having-sex-with-men (MSM). It clarifies that the application of these nationally defined deferral periods will from now on also be considered when assessing appropriateness of locally collected plasma to be included in a PMF.
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Lifting of long-time ban on use of UK plasma for manufacturing of immunoglobulins will help patients +

February 25, 2021 (Annapolis, MD) - The Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA) welcomes the decision of the UK government to lift a two decades old ban on the use of UK-donated plasma for the manufacture of immunoglobulins, following a scientific review conducted by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. The ban was imposed in 1998 to mitigate the spread of variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (vCJD), but experts have now concluded that the use of UK-sourced plasma to manufacture immunoglobulins is safe and can recommence, supported by a set of robust safety measures.
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Human Plasma Donations Remain Important During COVID-19 Pandemic +

In a recent communication, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) limits the collection and use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma authorized under Emergency Use Authorization for the treatment of hospitalized patients with COVID-19.¹ It is important to note, however, that this development does not mean that the need for plasma donations has diminished. Both normal source plasma donations, from healthy individuals, and convalescent plasma donations, from individuals who have recovered from COVID-19, are still needed to fight COVID-19 and the many non-COVID-19 conditions (e.g., immune deficiencies and blood clotting disorders) for which plasma protein therapies are ordinarily used.
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