Main outcomes of the meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization held from 19 to 23 October 2020

Overview

The 72nd meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization (ECBS) was held from 19 October to 23 October 2020 by WebEx due to the restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. After its extraordinary meeting in August 2020, held primarily to address urgent COVID-19 issues, the ECBS focused during the current meeting on a wider range of biological standardization matters, in addition to a number of ongoing issues in relation to the pandemic. ECBS members, regulatory authority representatives and subject matter experts from governmental organizations participated in the meeting from Monday 19 October to Thursday 22 October 2020.