FDA Issues Guidance on Cell-Based Viral Vaccines
In what I consider to be a very good development the FDA has now issued guidance to industry on developing cell-based viral vaccines. Right now, chicken egss are used and the process hasn’t changed in many years. Development of cell-based methods for manufacturing vaccines could increase the ability to produce vaccines.
FDA Issues Guidance to Industry for Development of Cell-Based Viral Vaccines
The New York Times also reported on this.
FDA Rules May Speed Flu - Shot Modernizing - New York Times
One of the important reasons for this is if the bird flu should happen to wipe out the chicken pollution, it would make producing vaccines using chicken eggs impossible and another method would need to be developed. It is good to see thought is going into this before something catastrophic happens.
Other Resources
• Guidance for Industry: Characterization and Qualification of Cell Substrates and Other Biological Starting Materials Used in the Production of Viral Vaccines for the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases
• FDA Rules May Speed Flu - Yahoo! Search Results
• FDA Rules May Speed Flu - Google Search
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