Blood donation

Blood Donor Day, an annual event on June 14, was organised for the first time in 2004 by four core international organisations: the World Health Organization, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; the International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations (IFBDO) and the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) to raise awareness […]

A new blood donor centre in Glasgow, Scotland has been opened to support cell and gene therapy research.  BioIVT’s new facility is located in the West of Scotland Science Park, which is home to more than 40 life science and technology businesses.   The donor center will be used primarily for producing LEUKOMAX leukopaks, which contain […]

DDW’s Megan Thomas attended a BioIVT event at Scale Space to see BioIVT’s new blood donor center, whilst enjoying life science networking opportunities afforded by One Nucleus. She comments on the facilities located on Imperial College London’s White City Campus.  Having started my role at DDW during the height of the 2021 lockdowns, it is […]

BioIVT has moved its London blood donor centre to Imperial College London’s White City Campus, which is four times larger than its previous facility. BioIVT has seven global blood donor centres and supports the work of about 30,000 researchers worldwide. “We are responding to a rapidly growing demand from clients in the UK and Europe […]