Men når man tilstræber en europæisk selvforsyning, må man ikke glemme forsyningen i De Forenede Stater, for så længe man der kan få plasma til halvdelen af det, det koster i Europa, vil den økonomiske fornuft ikke ubetinget gå i retning af en europæisk selvforsyning, navnlig ikke med de eksploderende omkostninger inden for vore sundhedssystemer.
While we strive to become self-sufficient, however, we must not ignore collection in the United States, for as long as plasma can be collected there for half of what it costs in Europe, economic logic, particularly in the light of the spiralling cost of our health systems, does not necessarily dictate that we focus our efforts on European self-sufficiency.