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As mentioned on today's show, here's a note from Garmy member, Mike McAvoy:

 
I would like to hopefully get the word out a little more about a need that the Garmy can help with.  

I'm a pharmaceutical process scientist for a large plasma therapy company (we normally make plasma-derived products like coagulation proteins to treat Hemophilia A and B, alpha-1 protease inhibitor to treat inherited emphysema, and a protein therapy for people living with hereditary angio edema).  

A big part of our business is also flu vaccines and IgG therapies.  I bring this up because our company has entered into an alliance with another plasma therapy company to help develop "CoVIg-19," an Ig therapy to help treat future patients of COVID-19.  

I know the stress facing our medical field right now because my gf is a nurse on a dedicated COVID floor at a Chicago area hospital.  I've heard the horror stories.  I understand the science behind what we're gearing up to try and make.  But we need donors.  

If any Garmy members have survived COVID-19, they are uniquely positioned to help us develop this therapy.  All the information they need to get started as a plasma donor is at the link below: 

https://www.covig-19plasmaalliance.org/en-us#recruitment 


Comments

Michael McAvoy

Thanks Ralph. I appreciate the help getting the word out! And to those in the Garmy battling this right now, get well soon! And to the rest, stay safe!

Randall Smith

Thank you Mike and your fellow workers for all you do. My wife has Hereditary Angioedema, and that medicine is literally a life saver. As such, we have luckily avoided Covid-19 so far, but I will definitely be passing this along.