Private and governmental quality control laboratories may undergo a standardised quality assessment by the WHO to prove their compliance with the WHO requirements and therefore to be in a position to take over contracts for the UN. Read more here.
The WHO Expert Committee published their Technical Report on specifications for pharmaceutical preparations. In its Annex 2 his report includes the "WHO good practices for pharmaceutical microbiology laboratories". More details can be found here.
In the latest edition of the Federal Register, FDA announced proposed changes in the requirements on sterility testing of biological products. Get the details here.
