SUPPLY

Strengthening voluntary non-remunerated plasma collection capacity in Europe

About

A substantial part of plasma collection in the EU is conducted by the non-profit blood establishments (BEs) from voluntary non-remunerated donors, but not at the level needed. The SUPPLY project will focus on how BEs can improve and build up voluntary non-renumerated plasma collection programmes and make them more efficient. Read more: https://supply-project.eu/

Project duration: 09.2022 – 02.2024

Project Aims: SUPPLY is a project co-funded by the European Union’s EU4Health Programme that aims to increase and strengthen the resilience of plasma collection in the EU to enable a stable and adequate supply of Plasma-derived medicinal products (PDMPs).

Expected outcomes: The main project outcome is a set of recommendations and guidance for blood establishments (BEs), competent authorities, medical societies and other professional stakeholders to support them in being able to increase plasma collection in the EU by the public health sector and achieve optimal availability of plasma medicines for patients both in a general situation as well as in times of crises. This project would therefore critically contribute to the EU becoming more strategically independent in its need for plasma medicines.

 Project partners

1. European Blood Alliance, Netherlands
2. Etablissement Français du Sang, France
3. Stichting Sanquin Bloedvoorziening, Netherlands
4. Belgische Rode Kruis, Belgium
5. Universitaet Hamburg, Germany
6. DRK-Blutspendedienst Baden-Wurttemberg-Hessen GGMBH, Germany
7. European Hematology Association, Netherlands
8. International Plasma and Fractionation Association, Netherlands
9. Bloddonorerne I Danmark, Denmark
10. Istituto superiore di sanita, Italy
11. The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, UK
12. International Federation of Blood Donor Organization (FIODS), Italy/ Monaco
13. Servicio Vasco de Salud Osakidetza, Spain
14. Irish Blood Transfusion Service, Ireland
15. Aarhus Universitet Hospital, Denmark
16. Osterreichisches Rotes Kreuz, Austria
17. Zavod Republike Slovenije Za Transfuzijsko Medicino, Slovenia
18. Ministerio De Sanidad, Spain
19. PHI Institute for Transfusion Medicine of RNM, North Macedonia
20. Instituto Portugues do Sangue e da Transplantacao IP, Portugal