Main outcomes of the meeting of the Expert Committee on Biological Standardization held from 29 October to 2 November 2018
Overview
The 69th meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization (ECBS) was held from 29 October to 2 November 2018 at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. ECBS members, regulatory authority representatives and subject matter experts from governmental organizations participated in the meeting from Monday 29 October to Thursday 1 November 2018. An open information-sharing session involving all participants, including non-state actors, was held on Monday 29 October 2018. All decisions and recommendations regarding the adoption of written standards and the establishment of measurement standards were made in a closed session held on 2 November 2018 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 2019.