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Author Organization, World Health

Title WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization : fifty-fourth report
Published Geneva : World Health Organization, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (160 pages)
Series WHO technical report series, 0512-3054 ; 927
Technical report series (World Health Organization) ; 927.
Contents Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction; Antigens and related substances; Blood products and related substances; Cytokines, growth factors and endocrinological substances; Diagnostic reagents; Miscellaneous; WHO guidelines on nonclinical evaluation of vaccines; Recommendations for the production and control of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines; Recommendations for the production and control of influenza vaccines; Requirements for the use of animal cells as in vitro substrates for the production of biologicals (Addendum 2003)
Recommendations for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and combined vaccines (Amendments 2003)Biological substances: international standards and reference reagents; Recommendations and guidelines for biological substances used in medicine and other documents;
Summary This report presents the recommendations of a WHO Expert Committee commissioned to coordinate activities leading to the adoption of international recommendations for the production and control of vaccines and other biologicals and the establishment of international biological reference materials. The report starts with a discussion of general issues brought to the attention of the Committee and provides information on the status and development of reference materials for various antibodies, antigens, blood products and related substances, cytokines, growth factors, and endocrinological substan
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Biological products -- Standards -- Congresses
Drugs -- Standards -- Congresses
Biological products -- Standards
Drugs -- Standards
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789240681514
9240681515