The Food and Drug Administration has licensed the first freeze-dried plasma product for use in the United States, clearing a shelf-stable alternative to frozen plasma for adults who are bleeding in settings where conventional plasma cannot be stored or thawed.
The product, Ezplaz Freeze Dried Plasma, was licensed on July 29 to Vascular Solutions LLC, a subsidiary of Teleflex. It is indicated for transfusion in adult patients who need plasma and for whom other plasma products are not available. That includes patients who are bleeding, patients requiring massive transfusion, and certain patients experiencing bleeding while being treated with warfarin.
