The National Blood Agreement requires the National Blood Authority (NBA) “to monitor the national and international environment in which the Australian Blood Sector operates for new technological, clinical, risk or other developments that may impact on the national blood supply" and requires the NBA “to maintain a systematic approach to identifying new developments, and providing a clearinghouse and coordination function for information in relation to new development”. The framework used to guide this monitoring function is described below.
Our Framework
The NBA monitors international developments which may influence the management of blood and blood products in Australia. Our focus is on:
- information that may have an impact on global supply, demand and pricing, such as changes in company structure, capacity, organisation and ownership
- potential new product developments and applications
- global regulatory and blood practice trends
- other emerging risks that could potentially put financial or other pressures on the Australian sector.
Current areas of interest
- Fresh Blood: transmissible disease, manufacturing, testing, synthetic blood products, adverse reactions and haemovigilance
- Plasma Products: transmissible disease, manufacturing, new uses and products, international pricing (demand) and international pricing (supply)
- Blood Management: techniques (before, during and after surgery), risk identification, overseas programs and demand management during constrained supply
- Recombinant Products: new uses and products, changes to products, supply, demand and price and adverse reactions
- Policy and Regulation: Australia and overseas
- Logistics
Summary Reports on International Trends
Regular summaries are prepared for the Jurisdictional Blood Committee (JBC) and the Board that outline trends relevant to the blood sector and the NBA. These reports are linked below.
2023
July- September2023 Monitoring International Trends Report (pdf)
July- September 2023 Monitoring International Trends Repor (docx)
April - June 2023 Monitoring International Trends report(pdf)
April - June 2023 Monitoring International Trends report(docx)
January - March 2023 Monitoring International Trends Report(PFD)
January - March 2023 Monitoring International Trends Report(docx)
2022
October - December 2022 MonitoringInternational Trends Report(PDF)
October - December 2022 Monitoring International Trends Report(docx)
July - September 2022 Monitoring International Trends(pdf)
July - September 2022 Monitoring International Trends(doc)
April - June 2022 Monitoring International Trends(PDF)
April - June 2022 Monitoring International Trends(docx)
February March 2022 Monitoring International Trends (doc)
February - March 2022 Monitoring International Trends (pdf)
December 2021 - January 2022 Monitoring International Trends (doc)
December 2021 - January 2022 Monitoring International Trends (pdf)
2021
October-November 2021 Monitoring International Trends (doc)
October-November 2021 Monitoring International Trends(pdf)
August-September 2021 Monitoring International Trends (doc)
August-September 2021 Monitoring International Trends (pdf)
June-July 2021 International Trends (DOC)
June-July 2021 International Trends (pdf)
May 2021 Monitoring International Trends (pdf) (766.29 KB)
May 2021 Monitoring International Trends (docx) (148.69 KB)
March-April 2021 Monitoring International Trends (pdf) (980.54 KB)
March-April 2021 Monitoring International Trends (docx) (153.55 KB)
February 2021 Monitoring International Trends (pdf) (1.04 MB)
February 2021 Monitoring International Trends (docx) (174.82 KB)
January 2021 Monitoring International Trends (pdf) (1.07 MB)
January 2021 Monitoring International Trends (docx) (178.19 KB)
2020
December 2020 Monitoring International Trends (pdf) (877.21 KB)
December 2020 Monitoring International Trends (docx) (158.52 KB)
November 2020 Monitoring International Trends (pdf) (993.31 KB)
November 2020 Monitoring International Trends (docx) (174.3 KB)
October 2020 Monitoring International Trends (pdf) (322.11 KB)
October 2020 Monitoring International Trends (docx) (156.63 KB)
September 2020 Monitoring International Trends (pdf) (912.28 KB)
September 2020 Monitoring International Trends (docx) (149.12 KB)
Aug 2020 Monitoring International Trends (pdf) (1.18 MB)
Aug 2020 Monitoring International Trends (docx) (167.59 KB)
July 2020 Monitoring International Trends (pdf) (895.92 KB)
July 2020 Monitoring International Trends (docx) (147 KB)
June 2020 Monitoring International Trends (pdf) (768.88 KB)
June 2020 Monitoring International Trends (docx) (134.65 KB)
May 2020 Monitoring International Trends (pdf) (931.5 KB)
May 2020 Monitoring International Trends (docx) (155.52 KB)
April 2020 Monitoring International Trends (pdf) (963.84 KB)
April 2020 Monitoring International Trends (docx) (143.29 KB)
March 2020 Monitoring International Trends (pdf) (1 MB)
March 2020 Monitoring International Trends (docx) (130.54 KB)
February 2020 Monitoring International Trends (pdf) (1.25 MB)
February 2020 Monitoring International Trends (docx) (129.09 KB)
January 2020 Monitoring International Trends (pdf) (1.28 MB)
January 2020 Monitoring International Trends (docx) (146.42 KB)