43rd report: WHO TRS N°840: 1992

Overview

The WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization met in Geneva from 13 to 20 October 1992. The meeting was opened on behalf of the Director-General by Dr Hu Ching-Li, Assistant Director-General. Dr Hu emphasized the importance of WHO'S biological standardization programme for countries with developing health programmes and stressed the need for the Committee, in making recommendations, to take account of the procedures essential for assuring the safety and efficacy of biological products, but to avoid specifying unnecessarily stringent or restrictive conditions.