Blood Products Advisory Committee

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 - 5/9/24Malaria Testing
BPAC Meeting - 4/26/23Overview of CBER Research Programs; OTP
BPAC Meeting - 12/8/22Overview of CBER Research Programs; LEP, LVM, DETTD
BPAC Meeting - 11/4/21Overview of CBER Research Programs; OTAT, OBRR
BPAC Meeting - 11/22/19Cold Stored Platelet Products
BPAC Meeting - 3/20/19 - 3/21/19ZIKV; Blood Donation Policies (MSM)
BPAC Meeting - 7/18/18Risk of Bacterial Contamination in Platelets
BPAC Meeting - 11/30/17 - 12/1/17Bacterial Risk Control; ZIKV; TTIMS
BPAC Meeting - 4/4/17 - 4/5/17Donor Deferral Policy for Reducing Risk of HIV
BPAC Meeting - 11/17/16 - 11/18/16Iron management; Teenage Blood Donors; ZIKV
BPAC Meeting - 5/13/15Babesia; Hgb S Testing
BPAC Meeting - 7/31/14Trypanosoma cruzi; Chagas Test and Screening
BPAC Meeting - 11/1/13HTLV
BPAC Meeting - 12/4/12 - 12/5/12Labeling of RBC with Historical Antigen Typing Results
BPAC Meeting - 9/20/12 - 9/21/12HEV; Bacterial Contamination Platelets
BPAC Meeting - 5/15/12 - 5/16/12OraQuick In-Home HIV Test
BPAC Meeting - 8/2/11 - 8/3/11T. cruzi; Whole Blood Donations During a Severe Emergency
BPAC Meeting - 4/28/11 - 4/29/11Use of Plasma for Furthering Manufacturing; HBV by NAT
BPAC Meeting - 12/14/10 - 12/15/10Dengue Virus; Murine Leukemia Virus Related Retroviruses
BPAC Meeting - 7/26/10 - 7/27/10Babesia; Hgb/Hct and Frequency of Donation; XMRV
BPAC Meeting - 11/16/09 - 11/17/09Malaria; BP and Pulse; INTERCEPT
BPAC Meeting - 4/1/09 - 4/2/09HBV Screening; T. cruzi