| Description |
vii, 232 p. : ill. |
| Series |
WHO technical report series, 0512-3054 ; 924 |
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Technical report series (World Health Organization) ; 924.
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| Note |
"The WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization met in Geneva from 26 to 30 November 2001"--Introd. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
505 0 Introduction -- General. Developments in biological standardization. Bioterrorism. International nonproprietary names for biotechnology-derived medicinal products -- International guidelines, recommendations, and other matters related to the manufacture and quality control of biologicals. Guidelines on clinical evaluation of vaccines: regulatory expectations. Group C meningococcal conjugate vaccines. Inactivated oral cholera vaccines. Guidelines on viral inactivation and removal procedures intended to assure the viral safety of human blood plasma products. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Potency assays for diphtheria and tetanus vaccines. Pertussis vaccines. Preventive human immunodeficiency virus vaccines. Cell substrate safety. Cell banks. Yellow fever. Poliomyelitis vaccine, oral. Transmissible spongiform encephalitis and the safety of biologicals. Antivenoms. Gene therapy. Discontinuation requirements -- International reference materials. Biological substances: international standards and reference reagents. International biological standards for in vitro diagnostic procedures. International reference materials for the diagnosis and study of transmissible spongiform encephalitis -- Antibodies. Human antibody against human platelet antigen 5b -- Blood products and related substances. International reference panels for the validation of serological and nucleic acid based test for the detection of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus in blood screening. Factors II, VII, X, plasma. Von Willebrand factor. Streptokinase. Unfractioned heparin and low-molecular-weight heparin -- Cytokines, growth factors and endocrinological substances. Human chorionic gonadotrophin. Ciliary neurotrophic factor. Prolactin and its glycosylated and non-glycosylated components -- Miscellaneous. Pertussis toxin standard -- Annex 1. Guidelines on clinical evaluation of vaccines: regulatory expectations -- Annex 2. Recommendations for the production and control of meningococcal group C conjugate vaccines -- Annex 3. Guidelines for the production and control of inactivated oral cholera vaccines -- Annex 4. Guidelines on viral inactivation and removal procedures intended to assure the viral safety of human blood products -- Annex 5. Biological substances: international standards and reference reagents -- Annex 6. Recommendations and guidelines for biological substances used in medicine and other documents. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Biological products -- Standards -- Congresses.
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Drugs -- Standards -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9241209240 |
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