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Haemophilia centres at Sheffield, St Thomas', Middlesex and Margate started to use heat-treated concentrates.

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BPL started intensive development of what would become 8Y.

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Reported at symposium in Groningen that heat treatment at 68°C for 24 hours inactivated HIV; PFC was heating its Factor 8 stocks; CBLA announced plans to heat all BPL Factor 8 by April 1985.

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PFC issued heat-treated Factor 8 for routine use.

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There was a meeting at Elstree of reference centre directors and others to devise treatment recommendations.

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Commercial heat-treated concentrates were licensed in UK.

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BPL released first batches of 8Y for clinical trial.

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All Factor 8 issued by BPL heat-treated by this date.

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Only 8Y was issued after this date.

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BPL and PFL heat-treated F9 became routinely available.

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Armour withdrew heat-treated Factorate following seroconversions.

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PFC issued Z8, the equivalent of 8Y free from hepatitis as well as HIV.

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First formal meeting of haemophilia centre directors took place.

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Dr Craske reported to the UK Haemophilia Centre Directors ("UKHCDO") hepatitis outbreak in Bournemouth linked to commercial Factor 8.

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Glasgow symposium considered liver disease in haemophilia.

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US Centers for Disease Control reported three confirmed cases of people with haemophilia who had developed AIDS.

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UKHCDO meeting referred to "remote possibility" that commercial blood products were the cause of AIDS in people with haemophilia in the US.

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Dr Craske's paper on AIDS made it clear that an infectious agent was the most likely cause.

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Letter from Professor Bloom and Dr Rizza regarding administration of factor concentrates to previously untreated patients.

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The New England Journal of Medicine warned of risks of AIDS to people with haemophilia and advocated a revised approach to treatment.

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