Membership Application

Applications for membership are welcomed from any legal entity which operates on a not-for-profit basis and has a (direct or indirect) responsibility for or involvement in the supply of plasma and plasma products, and which is dedicated at high standards of quality and safety. The admission of new members to IPFA is subject to approval by its Executive Board.

Currently, the members in IPFA cover the following categories:

  1. Plasma fractionators such as not-for-profit entities manufacturing PDMPs as well as companies working with a defined public mission (such as state-owned or similar).
  2. Plasma collectors, meaning blood/plasma establishments who are not-for-profit and/or have a public mission to serve their communities and contribute to national and/or regional supply of PDMPs by arranging fractionation by a third party.
  3. Representative bodies, umbrella organisations of for example not-for-profit blood/plasma collection establishments which fall into the category 2
  4. Research and Clinical testing or Diagnostic Service Institutions such as not-for-profit organisations working with the quality and safety of blood, plasma and PDMPs.

Please contact us at info@ipfa.nl if you are interested to become a member of IPFA or would like to know more about the IPFA membership.


Membership to IPFA provides several benefits

Board meetings and Member Organization Representatives
Each IPFA member has a seat at the Executive Board. Executive Board and other meetings offer the members a unique platform for exchange of news and information of common interest, as well as knowledge and know-how.

Representation and recognition
IPFA represents and acts on behalf of the collective membership in international meetings and consultations with competent authorities and other third parties. For consultation purposes IPFA, a ‘interested party’ and registered stakeholder, is invited or given the opportunity to provide advice through the consolidated views from the membership on regulatory issues and draft regulations, relevant to plasma and plasma derivatives. This provides all members the opportunity to present their views, concerns, suggestions and recommendations, either in writing or through presentations at dedicated meetings or hearings.

Support and promotion
IPFA actively supports and promotes among relevant political and regulatory bodies the aims and principles of IPFA and its members. Special attention is given to public health mission of the members, to supporting and strengthening the role of the public sector in securing plasma supply and access to plasma medicines, their ethical commitment to serve the health of donors and patients, and the dedication to high standards of quality and safety. Increased and continuous awareness of the objectives and principles of IPFA and its members will strengthen the positions of the IPFA members in the national and international community.

Working group activities
IFPFA members have the opportunity to participate in working groups and specific projects, for example the IPFA Working Group on Regulatory and Clinical Affairs, which brings together experts from IPFA members and is responsible for maintaining awareness of relevant regulatory developments through surveillance, analysis and assessment of the impact thereof on IPFA member activities.

Participation in IPFA´s events
IPFA members have an important role in the events arranged by IPFA. They can take part in scientific programme committees, act as speakers and moderators, and offer the events as training and education for their staff and stakeholders.

IPFA members receive a discounted registration rate at events arranged by IPFA.