2020 Safety and Availability Communications

This webpage was developed to provide the public with important information about the safety and availability of biological products.

November 2020

• Expiration Date Extension for 43 Cutaquig [Immune globulin, Subcutaneous (Human)-hipp, 16.5% Solution] Lots manufactured in 2019 and 2020

July 2020

• Expiration Date Extension for MicRhoGAM (Rho(D) Immune Globulin) Lot MVP116A1 through July 19, 2021

May 2020

• Updated Information for Blood Establishments Regarding the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

April 2020

• Information Pertaining to Additional Safety Protections Regarding Use of Fecal Microbiota for Transplantation - Screening Donors for COVID-19 and Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 and Testing for SARS-CoV-2
  April 9, 2020
• Information Pertaining to Additional Safety Protections Regarding Use of Fecal Microbiota for Transplantation -- Testing of Stool Donors for Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Shigatoxin-Producing Escherichia coli
  April 6, 2020
• Expiration Date Extension for Anavip [Crotalidae Immune F(ab’)2 (Equine)]: Lot B-8G-33 through July 31, 2021; Lot B-9B-33 through February 28, 2022; and Lot B-9E-35 through June 30, 2022
  April 2, 2020

March 2020

• Safety Alert Regarding Use of Fecal Microbiota for Transplantation and Additional Safety Protections Pertaining to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
  March 23, 2020
• Update to March 12, 2020 Safety Alert Regarding Use of Fecal Microbiota for Transplantation and Risk of Serious Adverse Events Likely Due to Transmission of Pathogenic Organisms
  March 13, 2020
• Safety Alert Regarding Use of Fecal Microbiota for Transplantation and Risk of Serious Adverse Events Likely Due to Transmission of Pathogenic Organisms
  March 12, 2020