International and Alpha Therapeutic Corporation. In earlier days [late 1970s to early 1980s] there was no proper procedure available to detect the presence of HIV in blood samples. Earlier it was thought AIDS spreads only by homosexual behavior and IV drug injections. But in mid 1980s USCDCP [United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] reported the occurrence of this disease in three hemophiliacs. This raised the suspicion that AIDS is perhaps transmitted via blood products. But lack of sensitive detection test for HIV in the blood samples of donors stood in the way to establish transmission of this disease from plasma donors. By the beginning of the year 1983, evidences pointed out the plasma products as the source of HIV transmission. Subsequently, USCDCP strongly criticized the manufacturers of blood products as responsible for the prevalence of AIDS in hemophilia patients. The use of tainted blood products manufactured in US not only affected hemophiliacs in US, but also in other countries that imported them. Though the number of people who developed the diseases varied from one country to another, the contributory factors for the development and spread of the blood borne diseases were almost similar. Exhibit 5. List of Global Major Companies Company Name
Region
Website
Affinity Biologicals
Canada
www.affinitybiologicals.com
Astrazeneca, Plc
UK
www.astrazeneca.com
BioTime, Inc.
USA
www.biotimeinc.com
Caridian BCT, Inc.
USA
www.caridianbct.com
Cord Blood Registry
USA
www.cordbloodbank.com
CSL Behring
USA
www.cslbehring.com
Daxor Corporation
USA
www.daxor.com
Fresenius SE
Germany
www.fresenius.se
Fujirebio Diagnostics, Inc.,
USA
www.fdi.com
Gambro AB
Sweden
www.gambro.com
Gen-Probe, Inc.
USA
www.gen-probe.com
More‌. Š RIT Figures, 2013