Press Room

Media Brief with Q&A

08.06.2023: Canadian Blood Services: Next steps for increasing Canada’s domestic supply chain for lifesaving immunoglobulins

08.06.2023: Grifols enters into agreement with Canadian Plasma Resources to secure plasma supply in Canada

07.09.2022: Grifols enters into agreement with Canadian Blood Services to accelerate self-sufficiency in immunoglobulins for Canada – Grifols

07.09.2022: Blueprint for greater security of immunoglobulins for patients in Canada – Canadian Blood Services

12.08.2022: Response to Public Interest in our Plasma Operations – Canadian Blood Services

21.07.2022: NRBDO Letter to OPSEU in response to their recent open letter to CBS – NRBDO Executive Director

13.04.2021: Canadian Plasma Resources Ranked 41 On The Financial Times List Of The Americas’ 500 Fastest Growing Companies 2021 – Financial Times

16.11.2020: Statement by Canadian Plasma Resources on Alberta’s Bill 204: The Voluntary Blood Donations Repeal Act

04.03.2020: Healthcare-ID, Inc. signs Canadian Plasma Resources – Healthcare-ID

12.09.2019: Canadian Plasma Resources Ranks No. 16 on the 2019 Startup 50

06.02.2019: Submission to the Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology in regards to Bill S-252 – Thalassemia Foundation of Canada

12.12.2018: Submission to the Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology in regards to Bill S-252 – Sickle Cell Disease Association of Canada/ Association d’Anémie Falciforne du Canada
(SCDAC/AAFC)

05.12.2018: Submission to the Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology in regards to Bill S-252 – Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA)

05.12.2018: Bill S-252 – Briefing note for Honourable Senators – Canadian Plasma Resources

05.11.2018: Submission to the Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology in regards to Bill S-252 – Canadian Immunodeficiencies Patient Organization, CIPO

01.09.2018: Submission to the Senate of Canada on Bill S-252 – Network of rare blood disorder organizations (NRBDO)

26.07.2018: Submission to the Senate of Canada on Bill S-252 – Donation Ethics

23.05.2018: Myths and facts – plasma donation – Health Canada

23.05.2018:  Statement by Canadian Plasma Resources on the release of the Expert Panel Report on Immune Globulin Product Supply and Related Impacts in Canada

23.05.2018: Protecting Access to Immune Globulins for Canadians (Final report of the Expert Panel ) – Health Canada 

16.01.2018: Submission to the Expert Panel on Immune Globulin Product Supply and Related Impacts in Canada – Ethicists and Economists for Ethical Donation-Compensation Practices

16.01.2018: Submission to the Expert Panel on Immune Globulin Product Supply and Related Impacts in Canada – Canadian Hemophilia Society

07.07.2017: Plasma Donation in Canada – Health Canada

13.03.2017: Statement by Barzin Bahardoust CEO, Canadian Plasma Resources, on the introduction of the Voluntary Blood Donations Act in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

08.03.2017: CPR Open Letter to Provincial and Territorial Ministers of Health – Barzin Bahardoust, CEO of Canadian Plasma Resources

18.10.2016: Alpha-1 Canada Official Statement Regarding Paid Plasma Donation in Canada – Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Canada

23.06.2016: Statement read at the Canadian Blood Services Open Board Meeting – Network of Rare Blood Disorder Organizations (NRBDO)

16.06.2016 Government Response to petition e-126 – Federal Minister of Health – House of Commons Canada

17.03.2016 Canadian Plasma Resources Letter to The Council of Canadians

26.02.2016: Letter to Federal Minister of Health in support of Paid Plasma Collection – Network of Rare Blood Disorder Organizations (NRBDO)

15.04.2014: The Case for a Canadian Plasma Strategy – Canadian Plasma Resources

15.04.2014: PPTA’s Updated Response to Ontario’s Proposal to Ban Compensated Plasma Donation – Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA)

11.04.2014: Letter to Ontario’s Minister of Health and Long Term Care – Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD)

18.03.2014: PPTA’s Response to Ontario’s Proposal to Ban Compensated Plasma Donation – Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA)

14.03.2014: Statement from Canadian Plasma Resources

12.07.2013: HAE Canada statement on paid plasma donation – HAE Canada

27.06.2013: Backgrounder Paper – Plasma Donations in Canada – Health Canada

29.05.2013: Policy on paid plasma donations – Background Document- Canadian Hemophilia Society (CHS)