Health Canada to inspect three Grifols private plasma collection sites in Ontario
Health Canada plans to inspect three Grifols plasma collection sites in Ontario that opened without prior inspections. This decision follows concerns about deficiencies found at other Grifols locations and the recent deaths of two donors in Winnipeg. Grifols, which operates multiple plasma collection sites across Canada, has stated it welcomes the upcoming inspections.
- ▪Health Canada will inspect three Grifols plasma collection facilities in Ontario that opened last year without inspections.
- ▪The inspections are in response to deficiencies found at other Grifols locations and the deaths of two donors in Winnipeg.
- ▪Grifols operates as part of a partnership with Canadian Blood Services, which allows them to pay donors despite Ontario law prohibiting it.
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Open this photo in gallery:Health Canada conducted inspections of the Grifols plasma donation centre in Whitby, Ont., in early 2025 before it opened.Shay Conroy/The Globe and MailShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountHealth Canada says it will inspect three Grifols private plasma collection facilities that opened in Ontario last year without inspections, amid concerns about deficiencies the regulator has found at other locations.Grifols opened five for-profit plasma collection sites in Ontario in 2025: one in Whitby, one in Hamilton, one in Cambridge and two in Toronto.
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