General Topics

NEW PUBLICATIONS

• AS OF 23 MAY: Update of WHO biosafety risk assessment and guidelines for the production and quality control of human influenza vaccines against avian influenza A(H7N9) virus
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• WHO Manual for Quality Control of Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis Vaccines

Recommendations/Guidelines adopted by the 63rd WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization (ECBS), 15-19 October 2012.

• Recommendations to assure the quality, safety and efficacy of diphtheria vaccines
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• Recommendations to assure the quality, safety and efficacy of tetanus vaccines
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• Recommendations to assure the quality, safety and efficacy of DT-based combined vaccines
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• Recommendations to assure the quality, safety and efficacy of Japanese encephalitis vaccine (live, attenuated) for human use
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• Recommendations to assure the quality, safety and efficacy of live attenuated poliomyelitis vaccine (oral)
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• Annex 1 (OPV)
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• Annex 2 (OPV)
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• Annex 3 (OPV)
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• Guidelines on the quality, safety and efficacy of recombinant malaria vaccines targeting the pre-erythrocytic and blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum
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• Methodological considerations: Potency tests for recombinant adjuvanted RTS,S vaccine
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Meeting Report: WHO Informal Consultation (3-4 April 2012) to develop further guidance on vaccines for UNEP-convened Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee Meeting 4 (INC 4)
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WHO Implementation Workshop: Characterization of cell banks for the production of biologicals, 27-29 May 2013 and WHO Informal Consultation on regulatory risk assessment in the case of adventitious agent finding in a marketed vaccine, 30-31 May 2013, Beijing, Republic of China

WHO Informal Consultation on the Scientific and Regulatory Considerations on the Stability Evaluation of Vaccines under a Controlled Temperature Chain, Langen, Germany, 4-6 June 2013

Expert Committee on Biological Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-25 October 2013

CONTACTS

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