by Whitney
Posted on October 25, 2020
CIPO AGM Notice CIPO’s annual general meeting will be held on Saturday, November 28th at 7pm EST. This meeting will be held virtually and is open to all CIPO members. Please email info@cipo.ca to receive the meeting details. The AGM meeting agenda can be found here. AGM Agenda CIPO’s 2019 Financial Statements can be found here: Canadian Immunodeficiencies…
by Whitney
Posted on October 13, 2020
October 14th Re: Possible Disruptions IVIG CIPO has been advised by Canadian Blood Services and the National Emergency Blood Management Committee that due to the drop in donations in plasma worldwide and the mounting pressure on demand for immune globulin globally, there is the possibility for supply disruptions in the future. What This Means If…
by Whitney
Posted on October 12, 2020
Last week was International Plasma Awareness Week and IPOPI (the International Patient Organization for Primary Immunodeficiency) has announced “7 Measures for Increasing Plasma Supply” During IPAW 2020 we have been calling for national, regional and international decision makers to consider ways of safely increasing plasma collection, by following 7 specific measures. Sufficient plasma collection is…
by Whitney
Posted on October 12, 2020
On October 5, CIPO wrote to the Alberta Minister of Health, Tyler Shandro, asking for access to gene therapy for two children (under the age of 2) who have been diagnosed with ADA-SCID, a severe form of immunodeficiency. Both children are not candidates for bone marrow transplant, and are currently receiving an enzyme replacement therapy…
by Whitney
Posted on October 7, 2020
CIPO would like to hear from you if you tried to receive home delivery for your plasma product during COVID-19. Please take our short (3 question) survey here. As you may know, CIPO worked with Canadian Blood Services and other patient organizations to set up a home delivery service at the beginning of the pandemic.…
by Whitney
Posted on October 7, 2020
October 5-9 is International Plasma Awareness Week, a week where we raise awareness of this vital resource. Plasma donation is currently down roughly 25% globally during the COVID-19 pandemic and that will have consequences on the already strained global immune globulin supply. During IPAW, we at CIPO would like to raise awareness around the need…