Dear Colleague,

We would like to inform you that the draft amendment to TRS 993 is now available on the WHO biologicals website for public comments.

Proposed Amendment: Submission deadline: 10 May 2019

“Recommendations” to assure the quality, safety and efficacy of poliomyelitis vaccines (inactivated)”, Annex 3, WHO Technical Report Series No. 993

https://www.who.int/biologicals/Draft_CLEAN_for_PC_TRS_993_IPV_Amendment_28_March_2019_tz.pdf?ua=1

All comments should be submitted via the attached WHO Comment Form. 

Please send comments to  Dr Tiequn Zhou at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  

We would be grateful if you could share this information with your colleagues and compile their feedback.

All Comments received by the published deadline (shown above) will be considered in further development and improvement of the document.

Thank you.

With best regards,

Ivana

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Dr Ivana Knezevic
Scientist, Technologies, Standards and Norms Team
Group Lead, Norms and Standards for Biologicals
Access to Medicines, Vaccines and Pharmaceuticals
Access to Medicines and Vaccines

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