The Blood Products Advisory Committee advises the FDA commissioner on issues that help ensure safe and effective biological products and related medical devices. Members of the committee — which include authorities knowledgeable in the fields of medicine, hematology, blood banking, and other related professions — review and evaluate available data on blood products intended for use in the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of human diseases and make recommendations about labeling, clinical and laboratory studies, approval or revocation of licenses, and on the quality and relevance of FDA’s research program, which provides the scientific support for regulating these products.
This section includes information on current and past committee meetings, including meeting summaries, resources and analysis as well as quick links to other relevant materials.
BPAC Meeting - 5/9/24 | Malaria Testing |
BPAC Meeting - 4/26/23 | Overview of CBER Research Programs; OTP |
BPAC Meeting - 12/8/22 | Overview of CBER Research Programs; LEP, LVM, DETTD |
BPAC Meeting - 11/4/21 | Overview of CBER Research Programs; OTAT, OBRR |
BPAC Meeting - 11/22/19 | Cold Stored Platelet Products |
BPAC Meeting - 3/20/19 - 3/21/19 | ZIKV; Blood Donation Policies (MSM) |
BPAC Meeting - 7/18/18 | Risk of Bacterial Contamination in Platelets |
BPAC Meeting - 11/30/17 - 12/1/17 | Bacterial Risk Control; ZIKV; TTIMS |
BPAC Meeting - 4/4/17 - 4/5/17 | Donor Deferral Policy for Reducing Risk of HIV |
BPAC Meeting - 11/17/16 - 11/18/16 | Iron management; Teenage Blood Donors; ZIKV |
BPAC Meeting - 5/13/15 | Babesia; Hgb S Testing |
BPAC Meeting - 7/31/14 | Trypanosoma cruzi; Chagas Test and Screening |
BPAC Meeting - 11/1/13 | HTLV |
BPAC Meeting - 12/4/12 - 12/5/12 | Labeling of RBC with Historical Antigen Typing Results |
BPAC Meeting - 9/20/12 - 9/21/12 | HEV; Bacterial Contamination Platelets |
BPAC Meeting - 5/15/12 - 5/16/12 | OraQuick In-Home HIV Test |
BPAC Meeting - 8/2/11 - 8/3/11 | T. cruzi; Whole Blood Donations During a Severe Emergency |
BPAC Meeting - 4/28/11 - 4/29/11 | Use of Plasma for Furthering Manufacturing; HBV by NAT |
BPAC Meeting - 12/14/10 - 12/15/10 | Dengue Virus; Murine Leukemia Virus Related Retroviruses |
BPAC Meeting - 7/26/10 - 7/27/10 | Babesia; Hgb/Hct and Frequency of Donation; XMRV |
BPAC Meeting - 11/16/09 - 11/17/09 | Malaria; BP and Pulse; INTERCEPT |
BPAC Meeting - 4/1/09 - 4/2/09 | HBV Screening; T. cruzi |
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