Talecris Plasma Resources Inc., which planned to open a plasma collection center here late last month, has sold assets of that newly remodeled facility to another plasma collection company, International BioResources LLC, representatives from both companies say.

Steven Goldsmith, a spokesman for Talecris, a subsidiary of Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based Talecris Biotherapeutics Inc., says the company won't disclose details of the sale of the center, at 510 E. Francis. International BioResources is based in Lafayette, La., and is a newcomer to the Spokane market.

Jerome Parnell, chief operating officer for International BioResources, says the collection center should open under the International BioResources name Jan. 6. The company will be leasing 10,000 square feet of space there at the East Francis location, and the center will employ about 25 people, he says.

Talecris' Goldsmith says the Spokane center "is not located in a state or region where we have other centers, so it does not fit particularly well with our existing center network." The new owner has a more strategic use for the center, he says.

Talecris was "aggressively building" its plasma collection business when it started developing the Spokane center, he says. Talecris planned to employ 20 people initially. "All current Spokane center employees are part of this transition and will be offered employment with (International BioResources)," he says.

International BioResources remodeled the center for Talecris, Goldsmith says.

Two plasma collection centers are operated in Spokane now, at 104 W. Third and 9621 E. Sprague, by ZLB Plasma. ZLB Plasma is a wholly owned subsidiary of CSL Behring, which is headquartered in King of Prussia, Penn.