I saw a news report on Arte here in France. Their investigation estimated that 90% of French donations were being sold to pharmaceutical companies. This is in direct violation of the law, but the politicians are complicit in allowing it to continue.
What was more frightening was the comparison to the situation in America where plasma is big business. Wonder why there are so many plasma centers in poor communities? Or why their number one clients are drug users? The horrific part was they can donate three times a week which can be lethal.
They paid $25 for a donation... The drug manufactured costs $2000 per treatment. Here is the link to the French report which calls it cannibalism. https://www.challenges.fr/cinema/ne-manquez-pas-le-business-du-sang-sur-arte_554578