Conference Coverage (Blood Safety)

Solvent/Detergent Treated Plasma Is Safe, Effective

Published in Blood Weekly, May 12th, 1997

Not only is solvent/detergent treated plasma clinically indistinguishable from fresh frozen plasma, studies have shown that such plasma products do not transmit viruses.

"Clinically, we have shown, in all the relevant target populations - coagulation factor deficient patients, pediatric patients, and patients requiring high doses of the product - this product is clinically indistinguishable from fresh frozen plasma [FFP], may have less toxicity, and certainly has all the advantages of being a standardized product," said Dr. Howard Grossberg, Vice President, Medical and Clinical Affairs, VITEX, New York, New York, at the Blood Safety & Screening Conference, sponsored by...

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