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Curtis Lee

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
98 total appearances

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Marketplace All-in-One
A fuel-driven economy

A lot of people wanted to be anonymous in these conversations.

Marketplace
A fuel-driven economy

A lot of people wanted to be anonymous in these conversations.

Marketplace
A fuel-driven economy

They weren't proud of having to sell their blood plasma.

Marketplace All-in-One
A fuel-driven economy

They weren't proud of having to sell their blood plasma.

Marketplace
A fuel-driven economy

But then you talk to, you know, patients that need certain medical therapies, and they're very grateful to these people who are donating and selling their plasma because it helps with...

Marketplace All-in-One
A fuel-driven economy

But then you talk to, you know, patients that need certain medical therapies, and they're very grateful to these people who are donating and selling their plasma because it helps with...

Marketplace
A fuel-driven economy

their medicines.

Marketplace
A fuel-driven economy

And the United States collects about 70% of the world's blood plasma.

Marketplace All-in-One
A fuel-driven economy

And the United States collects about 70% of the world's blood plasma.

Marketplace
A fuel-driven economy

And it's only one of a handful of countries around the world that allow for the payment of plasma.

Marketplace All-in-One
A fuel-driven economy

And it's only one of a handful of countries around the world that allow for the payment of plasma.

Marketplace All-in-One
A fuel-driven economy

So that's why it's become such a lucrative business in the United States.

Marketplace
A fuel-driven economy

So that's why it's become such a lucrative business in the United States.

Marketplace
A fuel-driven economy

Yeah, absolutely.

Marketplace All-in-One
A fuel-driven economy

And it's done really well over the years, but it's also a company that's looked to work on its profit margins, essentially.

Marketplace
A fuel-driven economy

And it's done really well over the years, but it's also a company that's looked to work on its profit margins, essentially.

Marketplace
A fuel-driven economy

It's lowered donor fees, but it's very much a company that's doing well in this country.

Marketplace All-in-One
A fuel-driven economy

It's lowered donor fees, but it's very much a company that's doing well in this country.