The trade in human blood might seem gruesome. Fully 80% of the global supply of plasma comes from just five countries, all of which pay for it: mainly America, but also Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Hungary. Research done for Canada’s health service suggests that collecting plasma from paid donors costs less than half as much as collecting it …
It's a rare commodity in high demand around the world, and one that can't be imitated or duplicated. Despite making up just 4.2 per cent of the world's population, the United States accounts for around 70 per cent of all the source plasma in the world blood market, according to most analysts. "We found that plasma donors were more likely …
