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Overview of the
Biological Standardisation Programme
(BSP)
Eriko Terao, PhDScientific Officer
Council of EuropeEuropean Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM)
Department of Biological Standardisation, OMCL Network & Healthcare (DBO)
Ph. Eur. Training sessionBiologicals
7 February 2017
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1. Biologicals : what’s so special ?
The Biological Standardisation Programme (BSP)
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2. Standardisation : why & what do we need ?
3. What is the BSP ?
4. BSP: how does it work ?
5. A glimpse of BSP projects: done, ongoing
6. How to participate in a BSP study ?
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• Vaccines & sera for human use Ph. Eur. Expert Group 15
• Biologicals Ph. Eur. Expert Group 6
hormones, cytokines, anticoagulants (heparins),…
Specific Working Groups• Miscellaneousendotoxins, mycoplasma,…
• Blood products Ph. Eur. Expert Group 6Bimmunoglobulins, coagulation factors,…
• Vaccines & sera for veterinary use Ph. Eur. Expert Group 15V
1. Biologicals: what’s so special? (1)
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Biological products are substances
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produced by a biological process
usually in living organisms
o purified , fractionated, concentrated,...
o human, animal, recombinant,…
o an inherent (biological) variation
reflecting molecular heterogeneity
o a chemical complexity
characterized by
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Assays
In vivo
- indirect : serology assays,...
In vitro
- physico-chemical characterisation
- specific activity
- ...
Variation sources
- animal strain & individuals,…
- immunisation design,…
- cell lines & culture conditions,…
- reagents, testing conditions,…
- sample preparation
- polydispersion, glycosylation,…
- conversion factors (IU-mg)
there is an inherent (biological) variation/heterogenicity
- of the samples - of the reagents, references, readout systems, assay conditions,...
- direct : challenge assays, body temperature,...
- cell culture assays
- immunoassays (ELISA, ToBI,...)
- nucleic acid amplification
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need for comparison & trust in results obtained by different laboratories
- global markets- mutual recognition of control results- centrally authorised products
- public health crises (product adulteration, adverse effects with unidentified causes, …)
- stock shortages (due to production issues, emergencies: natural disasters or outbreaks,…)
- continuity of treatments (for travellers, for clinicians during stock shortages,…)
for rapid global exchange of data and medicines
clinicians & patients
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between different sites of the same organisation
between control authorities & manufacturers
between control laboratories (OMCL network,…)
manufacturersnational control laboratories
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Common validated methods
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2. Standardisation: why & what do we need ? (2)
Common - reference standards- critical reagents
Physico-chemical tests Chemical Reference Substances (CRS)
Biological assays Biological Reference Preparations (BRP)
Biological Reference Reagents (BRR)
- transferable- acceptable intra-laboratory variation- acceptable inter-laboratory variation- suitable for various products
are usually assigned an arbitrary unitage :
‘amount that induces a defined biological effect’
represent the average response
from a large number of assays from various laboratories
The International Units (IU) for biological activities
- are not part of the international system of units (SI)
- are defined by the World Health Organization (WHO)
through the establishement of preparations designated as
International Standards (IS)
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2. Standardisation: why & what do we need ? (3)
Reference standards for use in biological assays
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- assigned with a content
• in IU (as appropriate)
• in Ph. Eur. Units when no IS was established
- calibrated against the corresponding WHO IS (when existing)
Ph. Eur. Reference standards for Biologicals are
- officially adopted by the Commission of the Ph. Eur.
- working standards for use in conjunction with the Ph Eur texts
The calibration of BRPs requires data from a large number of laboratories
need for coordinated international collaborative studies
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2. Standardisation: why & what do we need ? (4)
1994 EU becomes full member of the Ph. Eur. Convention
Creation of the OMCL Network (66 OMCLs in 35 countries)
Foundation of the Council of Europe1949
The Ph. Eur. Convention, a Council of Europe partial agreement
Ph. Eur. texts are mandatory in member countries
1964
harmonisation of technical requirements for the autorisation and manufactureof medicinal products
37 members and 30 observers - including WHO
Biological Standardisation Programme (BSP)1991
agreement betweenthe Council of Europe (Strasbourg) & the EU Commission (Brussels)
47 member countries & 6 observer statesHuman Rights, Democracy, Rule of Law
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3. What is the BSP ? (1)
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• Programme co-financed by
the Council of Europe (Strasbourg) and the EU Commission (Brussels)
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• coordinates large collaborative studies to:
- establish of Ph. Eur. reference standards & reagents
- standardise / validate pharmacopoeial methods
including alternative 3R (refine, reduce, replace) methods to animal use
for the quality control of biologicals
• is independent: no financial interest, neutral focal point for open discussions
• aims at improving international harmonisation
by holding discussions with all interested parties (OMCLs, manufacturers, WHO, pharmacopeia,…)
3. What is the BSP ? (2)
Technical secretariat
- project coordination
Department of Biological Standardisation, OMCL network & HealthCare (DBO)
scientific administrators
biostatisticians
secretarial assistant
Steering Committee Non-EDQM experts
- scientific advice
- liaison with Ph. Eur. Groups of Experts
- liaison with other organisations for global harmonisation
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3. What is the BSP ? (3)
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• Chairs of the Ph. Eur. Groups of Experts on Biologicals
- biological substances (6)- human blood & blood products (6B)- human sera and vaccines (15) - veterinary sera and vaccines (15V)
• Chairs of the Biological Working Groups of the European Medicines Agency- human use: BWP- veterinary use: IWP
• EDQM Director
• Representatives of - the EU Commission
- the European Medicines Agency (EMA)
- the World Health Organization (WHO)
• Co-opted experts in biologicals - for human use (2)
- for veterinary use (1)
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3. What is the BSP ? (4)
3. Launch of a collaborative study
whenever possible, projects are run jointly with WHO, US-FDA, USP,…
to establish harmonised / common reference standards and methods
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4. BSP: how does it work ? (1)
2. Discussion and decision by the BSP Steering Committee (BSP SC)
start of the project
nomination of the external Project Leader(s)
regular monitoring and discussion of the project
1. Proposal for a new project: reference standard or/and method validation
relevant to the Ph. Eur. mature method (no research/development) applicable to most products no proprietary method/reagent
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variable number of laboratories (up to 50)
depending on methods
- a common protocol, reagents (as needed) & reporting sheets
- a central analysis of the datasets
- an international panel of participants : OMCLs, manufacturers, authorities
• are characterised by
3. Collaborative studies
- calibrating / assigning a unitage to a (potential or candidate) RS- determining the transferability of a method
• aim at
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4. BSP: how does it work ? (2)
- a review of the study report at successive levels:participants, relevant group of experts, BSP Steering Committee, Ph. Eur. Commission
- a publication
3. Collaborative studies
• Procurement of a starting material for the RS
• Production of batch(es) of candidate RS
• Pre-testing by a few laboratories
• Stability study (thermal stress)
• Elaboration of a study protocol for the study
• Preparation of the shipments (import permits,...)
• Invitations to laboratories : OMCLs, manufacturers from EU and other regions
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4. BSP: how does it work ? (3)
Phase 1 : preparative phase - with the project leader(s)
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Phase 2 : collaborative study – with all participating laboratories
• distribution of a common study protocol
- materials and methods
- special instructions
- reporting sheets
- deadlines and contact details
• distribution of a common panel of samples
- calibrants : current WHO IS and/or Ph. Eur. Ref. Standard
- candidate replacement batch(es)
- additional samples
- critical reagents
Phase 3 (optional) : reporting phase - usually with manufacturersdata from routine production lots with a new method or ref. standard
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4. BSP: how does it work ? (4)
In some cases (new method, global issue), a symposium is organised by EDQM
- submission to the Ph. Eur. Commission official adoption of the RS
- to the corresponding Ph. Eur. Expert Group
- to the BSP Steering Committee
revision of Ph. Eur. text as needed
liaison with EU/EMA, WHO
Distribution of an official study report
- to the study participants check of data by each participant
assignmentof a unitage to the candidate RS
evaluation of assay variation
Central statistical analysis
Monitoring of the stability of the RS regular testing of the RS
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4. BSP: how does it work ? (5)
Publication of the study report
in Pharmeuropa Bio Scientific Notes open public access
from the EDQM website
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official name
cat. code
relatedPh. Eur. text
instructions for reconstitution, ...
approx. contentfor the customs
assigned potency
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4. BSP: how does it work ? (6 - leaflets)
storage conditions(unopened vials)
publication of theBSP study report(open access)
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149 BSP projects 118 projects finalised, 24 projects currently ongoing
118 projects on BRP/CRSabout 100 batches of more than 60 different BRP/CRS
• Human vaccines Antigens, toxoids, toxinsAntisera,…
• Veterinary vaccines AntigensChallenge strainsReagents, antisera,…
• Blood products ImmunoglobulinsClotting factorsContaminants,..
• Miscellaneous Mycoplasma strains, allergens, endotoxins…
• Biotech products Erythropoietin, somatropin, heparins, etarnercept, influximab…
43 projects on method validation, 18 projects on 3R methods
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5. A glimpse of BSP projects: done & ongoing (1)
mumps, measles, varicella,tetanus, diphtheria, acellular/whole cell pertussis,Haemophilus influenzae b, poliomyelitis (OPV, IPV), HAC, HBV, HCV,...
rabies, equine influenza, clostridiaswine erysipelas, Newcastle disease,tetanus toxoids,...
normal and specific Ig (tetanus, hepatitis,...)coagulation factors VII, VIII, IX, albumins,...HAV & HEV RNA, prekallikrein, isoagglutinins,...
Validation of improved & alternative 3R methods
• Human vaccines serology methods, alternative 3R in vitro assays,...
diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, influenza,…
hepatitis A, rabies vaccines,...
Inactivated Poliomyelitis Virus immunogenicity & antigen content,…
• Veterinary vaccines serology methods, alternative 3R in vitro assays
• Blood products improved agglutination method, alternative 3R potency assays
• Biologicalssomatropin, heparins, erythropoietin, INF alfa-2,…
43 projects on method validation
18 projects on 3R methods - to refine , reduce, replace animal use
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5. A glimpse of BSP projects: done & ongoing (2)
rabies, Clostridium tetani, swine erysipelas, Newcastle disease,…
isoagglutinins direct method, Tetanus immunoglobulins,...
alternative 3R & improved physico-chemical tests
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Check the EDQM website for ongoing / future studies (BSP work programme)
• As participant
- if you perform the test
- if you use the Ph. Eur. RS
• laboratory from manufacturer / OMCL
• As project leader
- with wide knowledge of products / methods
• expert in the field
- if you developed a new method
- with access to a laboratory
Contact the EDQM/DBO/BSP (via Helpdesk on the EDQM website or direct contact)
• As donator of starting material • manufacturer
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6. How to participate in a BSP project ?
evaluate a proposed new method/standard contribute to the calibration of a new batch of reference standard
Thank you for your attention
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