Recommendations for Assessment of Blood Donor Eligibility, Donor Deferral and Blood Product Management in Response to Ebola Virus; Guidance for Industry (PDF - 99KB)

We, FDA, are notifying you, blood establishments that collect blood and blood components for transfusion or further manufacture, including Source Plasma, that we have determined Ebola virus to be a transfusion-transmitted infection (TTI) under Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 630.3(l). We are also providing you with recommendations for assessing blood donor eligibility, donor deferral and blood product management in the event that an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) with widespread transmission occurs in at least one country.

Guidance Agenda: Guidance DocumentsCBER is Planning to Publish During Calendar Year 2017 (PDF - 25KB)

This is the list of guidance topics CBER is considering for development during Calendar Year 2017. The list includes topics that currently have no guidance associated with them, topics where updated guidance may be helpful, and topics for which CBER has already issued Level 1 drafts that may be finalized following review of public comments. We currently intend to develop guidance documents on these topics; however, the Center is neither bound by this list of topics, nor required to issue every guidance document on this list. We are not precluded from developing guidance documents on topics not on this list. This list includes guidance documents CBER issued since the August 2016 Guidance Agenda update.

Regenerative Advanced Therapy Designation

As described in Section 3033 of the 21st Century Cures Act, a drug is eligible for designation as a regenerative advanced therapy (RAT) if:

a.      The drug is a regenerative medicine therapy, which is defined as a cell therapy, therapeutic tissue engineering product, human cell and tissue product, or any combination product using such therapies or products, except for those regulated solely under Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act and part 1271 of Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations;

b.      The drug is intended to treat, modify, reverse, or cure a serious or life-threatening disease or condition; and

c.       Preliminary clinical evidence indicates that the drug has the potential to address unmet medical needs for such disease or condition

Final Agenda: Public Workshop: Identification and Characterization of Infectious Disease Risks of Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products (PDF - 214KB)

Public Workshop: Identification and Characterization of Infectious Disease Risks of Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products February 8-9, 2017