Osong Public Health Res Perspect.
2017 Feb;8(1):91-103. 10.24171/j.phrp.2017.8.1.13.
The First Meeting of the National Control Laboratories for Vaccines and Biologicals in the Western Pacific in 2016
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- 1Blood Products Division, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Cheongju, Korea. cahn@korea.kr
- 2World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines.
- 3National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
- 4National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, China Food and Drug Administration, Beijing, China.
- 5Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
- 6Department of Statistics, Sookmyung Women’s University College of Science, Seoul, Korea.
- 7Department of Emergency Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 8National Institute for Control of Vaccine and Biological, Ministry of Health Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam.
- 9Department of Manufacturing Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University College of Pharmacy, Cheongju, Korea.
- KMID: 2386107
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2017.8.1.13
Abstract
- The first meeting of the National Control Laboratories for Vaccines and Biologicals in the Western Pacific Region was held on September 1-2, 2016 in Seoul, the Republic of Korea. The meeting objectives were to share results of current research and to promote collaboration between the National Control Laboratories. To this end, we first discussed each country's current status of research on quality control of biologicals. Next, we reviewed quality control of snake venom and antivenom production and the progress of a collaborative study on the Korean reference standard candidate for snake venom. We also discussed the establishment of the second regional reference standard antivenom and the characterization of the Vero cell genome landscape and its application to quality control. Moreover, we also reflected on the importance of collaboration among interested parties participating in this meeting. In conclusion, the meeting initiated networking between the national control laboratories in the Western Pacific region and paved the way to continue collaboration, which will eventually improve the region's capacity for quality control of biologicals.
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