Position Papers

PUBLIC CONSULTATION: 10 APRIL - 10 MAY 2013

• Guidelines on the nonclinical evaluation of vaccine adjuvants and adjuvanted vaccines
  pdf, 381kb
• Comment Form for adjuvanted vaccines
  doc, 58kb

NEW PUBLICATIONS

• 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
  pdf, 695kb
• Recommendations to assure the quality, safety and efficacy of tetanus vaccines
  pdf, 837kb
• Recommendations to assure the quality, safety and efficacy of DT-based combined vaccines
  pdf, 912kb
• Recommendations to assure the quality, safety and efficacy of Japanese encephalitis vaccine (live, attenuated) for human use
  pdf, 1.15Mb
• Recommendations to assure the quality, safety and efficacy of live attenuated poliomyelitis vaccine (oral)
  pdf, 1.41Mb
• Annex 1 (OPV)
  pdf, 422kb
• Annex 2 (OPV)
  pdf, 275kb
• Annex 3 (OPV)
  pdf, 282kb
• Guidelines on the quality, safety and efficacy of recombinant malaria vaccines targeting the pre-erythrocytic and blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum
  pdf, 1.02Mb
• Methodological considerations: Potency tests for recombinant adjuvanted RTS,S vaccine
  pdf, 127kb

• 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)
  pdf, 501kb

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

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