What's New - Chronological (April 2020)
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- BC PBCO
- NEW TraQ's March newsletter
4 April
- Wiley offers complimentary access to COVID-19 research Includes journal articles from AABB, ASFA, BBTS, BSH, ISLH ISBT, ISTH
- USA: AABB launches new COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Website
- USA: ARC seeks people fully recovered from COVID-19 who may be able to donate plasma
- USA (FDA):
- FDA launches Coronavirus Treatment Acceleration Program (CTAP) | Related: FDA Continues to Accelerate Development of Novel Therapies for COVID-19 (31 Mar. 2020)
- Guidance for Industry,Investigators, and Institutional Review Boards: Guidance on Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products during COVID-19 Pandemic (Updated April 2, 2020)
- Guidance for Industry: Notifying FDA of a Permanent Discontinuance or Interruption in Manufacturing Under Section 506C of the FD&C Act Guidance for Industry (March 2020)
3 April
- Canada (ORBCoN coronavirus-related resources): Emergency blood management
- Australia: Blood and plasma donors needed to replenish dwindling supplies (3 Apr. 2020)
- Switzerland : University Hospital Basel transfuses first two COVID-19 patients with INTERCEPT treated coronavirus convalescent plasma (Cerus press release, 2 Apr. 2020)
2 April
- Ireland: IBTS - No evidence of coronavirus transmission through blood (1 Apr. 2020)
- Pakistan: First patient who recovered from coronavirus donates blood plasma for treatment (2 Apr. 2020)
- Turkey: Red Crescent warns blood supplies dwindling amid COVID-19 outbreak (1 Apr. 2020)
- USA (FDA): Revised Recommendations for Reducing the Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission by Blood and Blood Products (April 2020) | One year deferral for MSM reduced to 3 months
1 April
- UK (Infected Blood Inquiry):
- USA: Houston Methodist performs the nation’s first plasma transfusion to treat COVID-19 (31 Mar. 2020) | Related:
- Shen C, Wang Z, Zhao F, Yang Y, Li J, Yuan J, et al. Treatment of 5 critically ill patients with COVID-19 with convalescent plasma. JAMA. 2020 Mar 27. [Epub ahead of print] (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
- Ebrahimi M, Dayer D, Jalalifar MA, Keikhaei B, Tahan Nejad Asadi Z. Association between HLA-DRB1*01 and HLA-DRB1*15 with alloimmunisation in transfusion-dependent patients with thalassaemia. Transfus Med. 2020 Mar 30. [Epub ahead of print]