Having blood in the bank is as good as gold, but only if it's clean and properly stored. That's where CaridianBCT comes in; the company develops and sells blood collection and processing systems to hospitals and blood banks. Its systems are used to separate blood into its different components, such as platelets, plasma, and leukoreduced red blood cells (or blood with the white cells removed). The company also provides apheresis systems used to develop blood-based therapies for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. It has operations in 30 countries and sells its products to more than 90 nations around the world. Gambro AB sold CaridianBCT to Terumo in 2011.