In addition to regulating the blood supply, we are also responsible for the regulation of pharmaceutical and biologic drugs. I can confirm that there has been a great deal of development in the drug field in products that can be used as alternatives to blood, not just in developing new products, but in reformulating currently available drugs to make them more suitable for certain populations, such as the Jehovah's Witnesses, who do not want to have any trace of blood products at all. I would say that there's an extreme amount of development in that area.
On December 8th, 2016. See this statement in context.