Block on Blood-Plasma Donors From Mexico Threatens Supplies

A fight over whether to allow people in the U.S. from Mexico on visitor visas to be paid for giving blood plasma is threatening supplies needed for some specialized therapeutics

Pharmaceutical companies and U.S. officials are fighting over whether to allow people to cross the border from Mexico to be paid for giving blood plasma, a critical ingredient in treatments for some neurological and autoimmune diseases.

Up to 10% of plasma collected in the U.S. usually comes from Mexican nationals who enter on visitor visas and are paid about $50 to donate, according to legal filings from pharmaceutical companies. Last June, U.S. border officials indicated they would stop the roughly 30-year practice because they viewed it as labor for hire, which isn’t allowed under a visitor visa.

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