FDA’s Completed Revision of MSM Donor Deferral Policy

January 28, 2016

Background The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for recommending policies and making rules regarding the donation of blood and blood products. During the 1980s, when it became clear that transmission of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) happened through blood, the FDA began recommending multiple policies that would decrease the risk of transmission of […]