TOWSON, MD, July 7, 2009— Shinji Wada, President and CEO, Grifols Biomat USA. and Kim Walters, Grifols Biomat USA Center Facility Manager, Baton Rouge, LA accepted the 2009 IDF National Conference Blue Jeans for Healthy Genes Award for Grifols Biomat USA at the Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF) 2009 National Conference on June 19, 2009 at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Shinji and Kim are seen here with Marcia Boyle, President & Founder of IDF and Kathy Antilla, Director of Education & Volunteer Development at the THINK ZEBRA! Celebration. The 2009 conference was IDF’s fifth national conference and the largest with over 1,300 attendees, representing 45 states, Washington D.C., and Guam, as well as 7 countries.

Each of the Grifols Biomat 59 donor centers participated in the program last year raising $51,000. Grifols went one step further and matched each dollar raised by the donors and employees with one Euro, roughly equivalent to $1.36. The Blue Jeans for Healthy Genes program creates awareness about primary immunodeficiency diseases, encourages a relationship between patients, donors and employees and raises funds for IDF. Patients and family members visit plasma centers nationwide, share their stories and thank the donors for their incredible gift of life-saving plasma. In turn, plasma donors and employees see the importance of the role they play in the lives of persons diagnosed with primary immunodeficiency diseases and the life-saving medications that are produced from plasma. And the visiting patients and family members gain a better understanding of the importance of plasma donation and see firsthand the regulations that are in place to produce the safest, highest quality plasma for their life-saving medications. The program provides an overall "sense of good" for donors, patients, and employees to see the important roles they play in this continuous circle of life.

About The Immune Deficiency Foundation
The Immune Deficiency Foundation, founded in 1980, is the national patient organization dedicated to improving the diagnosis, treatment and quality of life of persons with primary immunodeficiency diseases through advocacy, education and research.

To learn more about IDF, visit http://www.primaryimmune.org