Octapharma Plasma Plasmaspende

What Octapharma Plasma Plasmaspende does

Octapharma Plasma Plasmaspende (Cottbus) is a single plasma donation center operating in Cottbus, Germany, at Straße der Jugend 113 in the Citypoint building. It is one site within the broader Octapharma Plasma donation network that operates across Germany under the Octapharma parent brand. The center's core function is collecting source plasma from voluntary, compensated donors (Aufwandsentschädigung) which is funneled into the manufacturing of plasma-derived medicinal products. Services are anchored in a physical donation site with extended operating hours (Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday 08:00–19:15, Wednesday 10:00–19:15, Saturday 09:00–13:30) and a pre-donation medical screening protocol covering pulse, temperature, blood pressure, and periodic complete blood counts.

The technology surface is intentionally light. Donor acquisition and scheduling run through the "spenduru" mobile app, available on iOS and Google Play, which functions as a self-serve appointment-booking tool. A word-of-mouth referral layer ("Spender werben Spender") supplements paid social channels on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. No APIs, integrations, proprietary ML systems, or platform architecture beyond consumer mobile scheduling are disclosed. There are no patents, certifications, or partnership disclosures in the source material; the tech stack is best characterized as a thin consumer-booking layer on top of an asset-heavy physical donation operation.

On the commercial side, the entity generates revenue indirectly through plasma collection, which is monetized by the parent Octapharma group downstream via the manufacture of plasma-derived therapeutics. End customers are individual B2C donors compensated per session, not enterprise buyers; the company explicitly does not disclose compensation levels, transaction volumes, or unit pricing. The Cottbus entity appears to operate with approximately 8 local employees, has no disclosed funding history, no M&A activity, and no management team information available in the input data — meaning the analytical view here is necessarily limited to a single donation site within a larger, opaque group.

Name

Octapharma Plasma Plasmaspende

Legal name

Octapharma Plasma

Website

https://plasmaspende-cottbus.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Octapharma Plasma Plasmaspende operates a single plasma donation center in Cottbus, Germany, under the Octapharma Plasma brand. It collects source plasma from compensated individual donors for use in plasma-derived medicinal products, supported by the spenduru mobile appointment app.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plasma Collection Services

NAICS

Blood and Organ Banks (621991)

akta.pro primary industry

Plasma Collection & Donor Services (Plasmapheresis Centers) (HLAIAHAH)

Keywords

• Plasma donation services
• Blood donation services
• Donor compensation programs
• Mobile appointment booking
• Plasma collection centers

Headquarters

HQ city

Cottbus

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Plasma Collection Services: Collects plasma from voluntary donors who receive compensation (Aufwandsentschädigung) for their time and contribution. The collected plasma is processed and used for manufacturing plasma-derived medicinal products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Octapharma Plasma Plasmaspende is the Cottbus plasma donation center operating under the Octapharma Plasma network. It collects plasma from voluntary donors who receive Aufwandsentschädigung (compensation for effort), performs pre-donation medical screening (pulse, temperature, blood pressure) and periodic blood tests, and supports appointment scheduling via the spenduru mobile app. The collected plasma is supplied for the manufacture of plasma-derived medicinal products.

Product overview

Octapharma Plasma operates a network of plasma and blood donation centers across Germany. The primary offering is the Plasmaspende Cottbus center, which collects plasma for pharmaceutical use. A complementary service is the spenduru mobile app, which enables donors to conveniently schedule and manage their donation appointments. The company also offers blood donation services (Blut spenden) as part of its portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• spenduru: Mobile app for plasma donors to book appointments at Octapharma Plasma donation centers

Products and services

• Plasmaspende Cottbus Physical plasma donation center in Cottbus, Germany that collects plasma from voluntary donors for pharmaceutical use, with pre-donation health screening (pulse, temperature, blood pressure) and periodic blood tests. Donors receive compensation (Aufwandsentschädigung) for their time.
• spenduru Mobile App Mobile application for iOS and Android that allows plasma donors to quickly schedule and manage their donation appointments at Octapharma Plasma centers, reducing friction for repeat donors.
• Blut spenden (Blood Donation) Blood donation services offered alongside plasma donation at Octapharma Plasma centers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Pre-donation health screening for every donor ensures safety and quality of collected plasma
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Biotest AG: German plasma-derived therapeutics manufacturer (now part of Grifols) with associated collection activities. Comparable as an integrated plasma therapeutics player operating in the German market.
• BPL (Bio Products Laboratory): UK-based plasma therapeutics manufacturer with associated collection operations. Broader incumbent operating across the full plasma value chain from collection to fractionation, comparable to Octapharma's integrated model.

Others

• Octapharma AG: Swiss-headquartered global manufacturer of plasma-derived therapies and the parent brand under which this donation center operates. Not a direct competitor but the ultimate offtake customer and value-chain integrator.

Direct peers

• KedPlasma (Kedrion Biopharma): Plasma collection arm of Kedrion, operating donor centers primarily in Europe and the US. Comparable paid-donor collection model supplying Kedrion's plasma-derived therapy manufacturing.
• BioLife Plasma Services (Takeda): Takeda-owned plasma collection network with centers across the US and parts of Europe. Highly comparable as a fee-based plasma collection operation feeding a major fractionator's downstream therapeutic production.
• CSL Plasma: One of the world's largest plasma collection networks, operating donor centers across the US and Europe. Directly comparable as a paid-donor plasma collection business feeding parent CSL Behring's fractionation operations.
• Grifols (Plasma Collection / Biomat USA): Operates Biomat USA and other plasma donor centers globally, supplying Grifols' fractionation and plasma-derived therapy manufacturing. Direct peer in business model, customer (donors), and vertical integration.

Regional players

• Sanquin Plasma Products: Dutch blood bank and plasma collection operation. Comparable as a European blood/plasma collector supplying fractionation; primarily a regional player serving the Netherlands and adjacent markets.
• Haema AG: German blood and plasma donation service operating centers across Germany. Direct regional competitor in the German donor market, operating a similar paid/voluntary collection model focused on German cities.
• DRK-Blutspendedienst: German Red Cross blood and plasma donation service covering multiple German regions. Comparable regional collection operation, although primarily volunteer-based rather than paid-donor model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/octapharmaplasma.de
• Instagraminstagram.com/octapharma_de
• TikToktiktok.com/@octapharma_de
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/octapharma-plasma-plasmaspende

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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