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07/17/12 3:50 PM

#9379 RE: ghmm #9378

.... it took 30 people donating plasma to make make enough IVIG for one person on drug


from Jbog's Baxter post -
IVIG is costly and difficult to make. Baxter says it takes 130 plasma donations to make enough to treat one patient with primary immunodeficiency today.

from Rick Shea -
....has the potential tool to reduce the dose which could provide for a significantly enhanced benefit for patients and also for the supply chain.