Collaborative study for the establishment of Ph. Eur. Biological Reference Preparation for Human tetanus immunoglobulin batch 2

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This publication describes the outcome of a project to develop a replacement European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) Biological Reference Preparation (BRP) for Human tetanus immunoglobulin (TIg) as well as for the World Health Organization (WHO) International Standard (IS) for Tetanus Immunoglobulin, Human. Bulk TIg was kindly provided by a European manufacturer and was used to prepare the candidate standard. The candidate standard was freeze-dried and calibrated in an international collaborative study jointly co-ordinated by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM, Council of Europe). The results of this study show that there was good agreement between laboratories for the potency estimates obtained for the candidate standard relative to the current WHO IS/Ph. Eur. BRP. The study also demonstrated that the candidate standard is suitable for use in Ph. Eur. assays for potency testing of TIg products and there was good agreement in the potency estimates obtained using the different assay methods included in the study. Accelerated degradation studies performed at the MHRA over a period of 4 years suggest that the freeze-dried candidate standard will be very stable. The candidate standard was established as Ph. Eur. BRP for Human tetanus immunoglobulin, batch 2 with an assigned potency of 45 IU/ampoule. The same preparation was also adopted by the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization (ECBS) to serve as the WHO 2nd IS for Tetanus Immunoglobulin, Human (13/240).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2024

Enthalten in:

Pharmeuropa bio & scientific notes - 2024(2024) vom: 31., Seite 1-11

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stickings, P [VerfasserIn]
Tierney, R [VerfasserIn]
Hockley, J [VerfasserIn]
Rigsby, P [VerfasserIn]
Terao, E [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Antitoxins
European Pharmacopoeia
International Standard
Journal Article
Potency
Quality control
Reference standard
Tetanus Antitoxin
Tetanus immunoglobulin

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 24.01.2024

Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36743010X