Canadian plasma clinics pause collections after deaths of two donors

Government launches investigation into potential unsafe practices at Spanish healthcare company Grifols A chain of private plasma donation clinics in Canada said Friday it is pausing collections after the deaths of two donors and a new government investigation into potential unsafe practices. Grifols, the Spanish heal

Grifols said Thursday that the company voluntarily decided to pause collection and has communicated the decision to Health Canada.

Grifols, a Spanish company, said “unfounded attention” on its blood plasma business in Canada had led it to temporarily end collections at 17 clinics.

The private donation clinic Grifols has paused plasma collection in Canada in the months after two people who donated plasma at their Winnipeg clinics died.

A for-profit plasma donation company says it's temporarily shutting down collection at all its Canadian clinics amid public scrutiny.