CONCORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS) announced today that it will present the proposed design for a U.S. Phase III clinical trial of the INTERCEPT Blood System for platelets at the upcoming November meeting of the FDA’s Blood Products Advisory Committee (BPAC). The Committee meeting is open to the public and discussion of the INTERCEPT trial is scheduled to occur the afternoon of November 16. Information about Advisory Committee meetings is available from the FDA’s website at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm.