Ведомости Научного центра экспертизы средств медицинского применения (Feb 2018)
On the issue of assessing the quality of preservatives used in current practice of immunobiological preparations production
Abstract
The analysis of national and foreign normative documents regulating modern requirements for preservative quality assessment has been performed. The need for elaboration of modern requirements for quality assessment and standardization of preservatives used in the production of immunobiological preparation in accordance with the good manufacturing and laboratory practice (GMP and GLP) has been justified. The conducted analysis has shown that the most common preservatives in immunobiological preparations are thiomersal, phenol and formaldehyde. The requirements for these preservatives have been elaborated and systematized. International and national assay methods and requirements for thiomersal, phenol, formaldehyde, have been characterized. The results of the studies have been used in elaboration of general chapters related to the assay of thiomersal, phenol and formaldehyde in immunobiological preparations. The projects of general chapters have been approved the minutes of the Board of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation on the State Pharmacopoeia and proposed for inclusion in the State Pharmacopoeia of the Russian Federation XIII edition. The constant increase in the range of immunobiological preparations shows the need for further research of preservatives as a part of their content, as well as for studying their properties, mechanism of action and combinations with other preservatives.
