In my view

For a little over 2 years, I am advising Biopharma Plasma, a company in Ukraine. The company has built a state if the art fractionation plant in Bila Tserkva, approximately 70 kilometers away from the capital Kyiv. In addition, the company has built a network of plasma collection centers and is demonstrating that it is possible to build a successful company if you have commitment and resources…

It is a while ago that I wrote a column and it time to start again. Last week I received the prestigious Otto Schwarz Award from the Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA). This Award is given to individuals that have shown leadership in the plasma protein industry. Many times I was able to present this award to winners and now I was the recipient. It is a strange but pleasant feeling…

This time I want to focus on a side of our society where there is a lot of suffering by innocent people that is not commonly known. I am talking about babies who are born premature. A normal pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks from the date of the last menstruation cycle. Every year in Europe there are about 500,000 children born before week 37 and 100,000 will have to go to Intensive Care. Of thes…

Recently I had made a reservation to fly from Amsterdam to Kyiv, Ukraine. When I learned that Ukraine has closed its borders for foreigners as part of their COVID-19 containment measures, I had to cancel my flight. I went to the website, forgot and entered 3 times a wrong password. Now the system kicked me out and I had to get a new password. All my fault and I cannot complain about that. W…

Since I spend most of my time in the USA, I am “privileged” to all news in this country. There is good news and bad news. Unfortunately, there is also a lot of nonsense and misleading (even false) information. I am going to try to break it down in pieces. When I am writing this, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus dashboard (which I recommend to everyone who wants to know more…