News and press releases

A recent publication in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal (published online on June 12, 2017) describes two individuals with bleeding disorders who were diagnosed with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) (1). The authors of this scientific report have not established a causal link between the treatment with clotting factors and the development of sporadic CJD and concluded that “the occurrence of these cases may simply reflect a chance event in the context of systematic surveillance for CJD in large populations”.

Recent scientific and public press reports have heightened awareness of the emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas and the causal relationship between prenatal ZIKV infection and microcephaly and other severe fetal brain defects.

PPTA would like to recognize Alabama for demonstrating the important role source plasma plays in saving and improving patients’ lives.

April 14, 2015–The Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association recognizes World Hemophilia Day, an annual international event sponsored by the World Federation for Hemophilia that seeks to raise awareness of people living with inherited bleeding disorders.