1st rFVIII approved by the US FDA.

Glass microbeads used as alternative to Sephadex for CAT.

Early 90s sees production of monoclonal antibodies to Rh, K, & Jk antigens for typing.

By mid 1990s all commercial anti-A & B reagents are monoclonal.

Judd describes 1st  use of electronic crossmatch at University of Michigan Medical Centre leading to publication in Transfusion (1994).

CSL heat treat FIX concentrates to 80oC for 72 hours similar to FVIII concentrates.

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