37th report: WHO TRS N°760: 1986
WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization
Overview
The WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization met in Geneva from 1 to 8 December 1986. The meeting was opened on behalf of the Director-General by Dr Lu Rushan, Assistant Director-General
Announces changes in the status or development of international standards for 35 biologicals, classified as antibiotics, antibodies, antigens, blood products and related substances, endocrinological and related substances, and a miscellaneous group of substances. The report also provides detailed information on requirements for the manufacturing, testing, and quality control of selected vaccines, including hepatitis B vaccines made by recombinant DNA techniques in yeast, live mumps vaccine, and inactivated rabies vaccine produced in continuous cell lines. Of particular practical interest is an extensive report on a WHO meeting concerned with the use of recombinant DNA techniques to produce hepatitis B vaccines. The report also includes amendments to previous requirements for oral poliomyelitis vaccine and for diphtheria toxoid, pertussis vaccine, tetanus toxoid, and combined vaccines
37th report: WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization