Main outcomes of the meeting of the Expert Committee on Biological Standardization held from 21 to 25 October 2019
Overview
The 70th meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization (ECBS) was held from 21 October to 25 October 2019 at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. ECBS members, regulatory authority representatives and subject matter experts from governmental organizations participated in the meeting from Monday 21 October to Thursday 24 October 2019. An open information-sharing session involving all participants, including non-state actors, was held on Monday 21 October 2019. All decisions and recommendations regarding the adoption of written standards and the establishment of measurement standards were made in a closed session held on 25 October 2019 at which only ECBS members and WHO were present. In addition, the ECBS provided advice to WHO on a number of strategic issues. A full report of the meeting will be published in the WHO Technical Report Series in 2020.