EXHIBIT 10.1

July 12,
2004

Via Facsimile to 954-236-8406 and Federal Express

Robert
J. Brown
2961 West Lake Vista Drive
Davie, FL 33328

Dear
Bob:

I
am pleased on behalf of Serologicals Corporation (the "Corporation") to offer you ("you" or the "Executive") employment (the "Employment") on the terms set forth herein (the "Offer").

Your
Employment under these terms shall commence hereunder as soon as possible but not later than August 1, 2004 (the actual date of commencement being referred to herein as the
"Effective Date") and continue for successive one (1) year periods, unless otherwise terminated pursuant to the provisions hereof.

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You
acknowledge and agree that, during your employment by the Corporation hereunder, you have or will come to have knowledge and information with respect to trade secrets or confidential
or secret plans, projects, materials, business methods, operations, techniques, customers, employees, donors, products, processes, financial conditions, policies and accounts of the Corporation with
respect to the
business of the Corporation ("Confidential Information.") You agree that you will not at any time divulge, furnish or make accessible to anyone (other than in the regular course of your performance of
services for the benefit of the Corporation, its successors or assigns) any Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include any information which
(i) is known generally to the public (other than as a result of unauthorized disclosure), (ii) was available to you on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure to you
by the Corporation or (iii) is required to be disclosed pursuant to the valid order of a governmental agency or a judicial court of competent jurisdiction, in which case you shall give prompt
written notice to the Corporation of such requirement so that the Corporation may take such action as it deems appropriate.

As
a material inducement to the Corporation to enter into this letter, you agree that at all times during your Employment and for a period of twelve (12) months after the
termination of your Employment, you will not (i) act in a capacity similar to that in which you shall have served in the Corporation for any Competing Business or serve in a capacity in any
such Competing Business that would entail your functioning as a sales and marketing executive for a Competing Business, or (ii) in any way, directly or indirectly, compete with the business of
the Corporation, solicit, divert, or take away or attempt to solicit, divert, or take away customers of, the business of, or any of the donors of, the Corporation that dealt with the Corporation
during your Employment. Competing Business means another business engaged in the business(es) engaged in by the Corporation at any time within one year of or at the time of your termination.

You
agree that during your Employment and for a period of twelve (12) months after the termination for any reason of your Employment, you will not within the United States of
America, directly, or indirectly through any means, including a business entity in which you have an ownership interest, request or induce any other employee of the Corporation or its affiliates or
any donor to the Corporation or its affiliates to terminate their relationship with the Corporation or its affiliates and enter into a similar relationship with another business entity engaged in a
business similar to the Corporation's.

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You
agree that any breach of Section 5, 6 or 7 will cause irreparable damage to the Corporation and that, in the event of such breach, the Corporation will have, in addition to
any and all remedies of law, including rights which the Corporation may have to damages, the right to equitable relief including, as appropriate, all injunctive relief or specific performance or other
equitable relief. You understand and agree that the rights and obligations set forth in Sections 5 through 10 of this Agreement shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.

You
may not use any of the Corporation's equipment for personal purposes without written permission from the Corporation. You may not give access to the Corporation's offices or files to
any person not in the employ of the Corporation without written permission of the Corporation.

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Please
indicate your acceptance of this Offer by signing in the space provided below.

Sincerely,

SEROLOGICALS
CORPORATION

|By: |  | /s/DAVID A. DODDDavid A. Dodd
President and Chief Executive Officer |  | 
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ACKNOWLEDGED
AND AGREED this 12 day of July, 2004.

| |  | /s/ROBERT J. BROWNRobert J. Brown
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