WHO/BS/2017.2320 Requests to initiate new WHO reference material projects for blood productsand IVDs

25 October 2017

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Proposed new projects

1) Third IS for Prekallikrein Activator

2) First WHO anti-human platelet antigen 15b (anti-HPA-15b) minimum potency international reference reagent

3) First IS for anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP)

4) Second IS for Rheumatoid Factor (RF)

5) First WHO International Reference Panel for cancer mutation detection

6) Replacement of anti-Dengue Reference Panel

7) First IS and reference panel for the molecular diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL)

8) First WHO Reference Reagent for Anti-Malaria (Plasmodium vivax) human serum

9) First IS for Plasmodium vivax antigens

10) First IS for MERS CoV Serum

11) First IS for MERS CoV NAT

12) Proposed 6th WHO IS for Hepatitis C Virus RNA for Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques

WHO Team

Health Product Policy and Standards (HPS), Norms and Standards for Biological Products (NSB), Technical Standards and Specifications (TSS)

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WHO Reference Number: WHO/BS/2017.2320

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