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Recent Findings in Influenza Vaccines Described by Researchers from National Institute for Biological Standards and Control

Published in Vaccine Weekly, March 7th, 2012

2012 MAR 7 -- Investigators discuss in "Application of deglycosylation to SDS PAGE analysis improves calibration of influenza antigen standards" new findings in Influenza Vaccines. "Each year the production of seasonal influenza vaccines requires antigen standards to be available for the potency assessment of vaccine batches. These are calibrated and assigned a value for haemagglutinin (HA) content," scientists in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom report.

"The calibration of an antigen standard is carried out in a collaborative study amongst a small number of national regulatory laboratories which are designated by WHO as Essential Regulatory Laboratories...

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