AUGUST 24, 2021

Will New Restrictions on Plasma Donations at the Border Lead to IG Shortages?

By Gina Shaw

Originally published by our sister publication, Specialty Pharmacy Continuum

For well over a year, pharmacists, physicians and patients have been anticipating the possibility of a shortage of immune globulin (IG) products, as the COVID-19 pandemic led to a significant decline in donations of the blood plasma that is the primary component of these therapies.