Will there be blood? Medical companies can't find it fast enough

When unemployment falls, the cost of blood goes up. That's just one of the quirks causing headaches in the world's $44 billion a year plasma industry.

Will there be blood? Medical companies can't find it fast enough Advertisement As the United States unemployment rate fell to multi-decade lows in the past year there was an unexpected side effect for the manufacturers of some life-changing medical treatments. The cost of collecting blood went up. That's just one quirk of the world’s $US 30 billion ($44 billion) a year plasma industry, which is scrambling to find enough of the precious raw material that is the lifeblood of their business. Plasma - the yellow liquid that carries our blood cells - has become a commodity in hot demand. Penny Step

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