Home > Advocacy > Regulatory Affairs Regulatory Updates Page ContentThis section serves as a quick reference for regulatory updates announced in AABB Weekly Report. In the coming weeks, updates from 2017-18 will be added to this page.If you have questions, please contact the Regulatory Affairs Staff at regulatory@aabb.org. REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Announces Upcoming BPAC Meeting – 02/15/19 AABB Releases Ebola Toolkit as Exclusive Member Offering – 02/15/19 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Approves Grifols Procleix Babesia Assay – 02/08/19 Checklist for Historic Antigen Labeling Now Available as Exclusive Member Offering – 01/18/19 REGULATORY UPDATE: Health Care Worker Monitored for Possible Ebola Exposure - 01/11/19 Ebola Virus Update - 12/21/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Releases Recommendations for Labeling of Red Blood Cells with Historical Antigen Typing Results – 12/21/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: Cesium Irradiator Replacement Project Supported by New Law – 12/21/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: AABB Requests Member Comments On Bacterial Risk Control – 12/15/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: 'Ask the FDA and CLIA/CMS' 2018 Annual Meeting Session Slides Now Available – 12/15/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Releases New Bacterial Risk Control Draft Guidance, Approves Additional 510(k) Clearance for Culture of Platelets – 12/07/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA to Modernize 510(k) Clearance – 11/30/18 Ebola Virus Update - 11/16/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Issues Draft Dried Plasma Guidance – 11/09/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: AABB Continues to Monitor CDC Reports on Ebola Risk – 10/26/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: CBER Updates Secure Email Policy – 10/05/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: AABB, ABC and ARC Submit Comments on FDA’s Babesiosis Draft Guidance – 10/05/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Issues Two Draft Guidances – 09/28/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Updates eBER System – 09/28/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Issues Updated 2018 Guidance Agenda – 09/21/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: Haemonetics Issues Urgent Recall of Leukotrap RC System – 08/31/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: AABB Accepting Questions for "Ask the FDA" Session at the 2018 Annual Meeting – 08/03/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Issues Draft Babesia Guidance – 07/27/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: AABB Posts Summary of Recent BPAC Meeting – 07/27/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: 2018 CBER Science Symposium Videos Available – 07/20/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Releases 2017 Biological Product Deviation Report Summary – 07/20/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: BPAC Weighs in on Multiple Strategies for Minimizing Bacterial Contamination in Platelets – 07/20/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization for Freeze-Dried Plasma for U.S. Military Personnel – 07/13/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: AABB Posts Analysis of FDA Zika Virus Guidance – 07/13/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: Synthetic Cannabis and Anticoagulants – 07/13/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Issues Updated 2018 Guidance Agenda – 06/29/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Releases Draft Agenda and Materials for July 18-19 BPAC – 06/29/18 AABB Staff Members Attend 2018 CBER Science Symposium – 06/29/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: Electronic Version of the October 2017 Circular of Information – 06/22/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: AABB, ABC and ARC Submit Comments Supporting ZIKV NAT – 06/15/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Issues New BECS Final Rule – 05/31/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Announces BPAC Meetings and CBER Research Symposium – 05/31/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: Ebola Outbreak Expands in Democratic Republic of the Congo – 05/15/18 Democratic Republic of the Congo Confirms New Ebola Outbreak – 05/11/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Approves Procleix Ultrio Elite Assay – 05/03/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: CDC Confirms Resolution of Malaria Outbreaks in Costa Rica and Cape Verde – 04/20/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: AABB Posts Summary of FDA Liaison Committee Meeting - 04/13/18 Warnings Regarding Synthetic Marijuana Use by Plasma and Blood Donors - 04/12/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: CDC Updates Malaria Risk in South Africa - 03/30/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: Electronic Circular of Information - 03/16/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Approves First Tests to Screen Blood for Babesia - 03/09/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Announces Joint Advisory Committee Meeting - 03/02/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Approves Culture Bottle Options as Secondary "Safety Measure" Test - 03/02/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: FDA Updates Inspection Regulations – 02/02/18 REGULATORY UPDATE: CDC Updates Malaria Risk for Bahia State, Brazil – 02/02/18 FDA and DoD Launch Program to Expedite Availability of Medical Products for Military Use – 01/26/18 FDA Releases 2018 CBER Guidance Agenda - 01/26/18 CTMC Provides Recommendations to Address Nationwide Saline Shortage – 01/12/18 FDA Releases New and Updated Guidance Documents – 01/05/18