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  1. International Day for Biological Diversity: Harmony between nature and ...

    May 19, 2025 · This year’s International Day for Biological Diversity, on Thursday, 22 May 2025, highlights the inherent connections between people and the natural world through the theme, …

  2. Biologicals - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Dec 24, 2025 · Biologicals are a class of medicines made from living cells taken from plants, animals or bacteria. These cells are use in creating many types of health care products, including vaccines. This …

  3. Biological weapons - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Sep 6, 2018 · Biological weapons form a subset of a larger class of weapons sometimes referred to as unconventional weapons or weapons of mass destruction, which also includes chemical, nuclear and …

  4. Guidelines on the replacement or removal of animal tests for the ...

    Nov 21, 2025 · Overview Adopted on the recommendation of the Eighty-first meeting of the World Health Organization Expert Committee on Biological Standardization, 13–16 October 2025. This finalized …

  5. Expert Committee on Biological Standardization

    The WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization (ECBS) was established in 1947 to provide detailed recommendations and guidelines for the manufacturing, licensing and control of blood …

  6. Guidelines for Biologicals - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Nov 19, 2004 · Home / Teams / Technical standards and specifications / Norms and standards for Biological Products / Guidelines for Biologicals

  7. Laboratory biosafety manual, 4th edition - World Health Organization …

    Dec 21, 2020 · This fourth edition of the manual builds on the risk assessment framework introduced in the third edition. A thorough, evidence-based and transparent assessment of the risks allows safety …

  8. Gender - World Health Organization (WHO)

    May 6, 2025 · Gender interacts with but is different from sex, which refers to the different biological and physiological characteristics of females, males and intersex persons, such as chromosomes, …

  9. Biological starting materials: starting materials derived from a biological source that mark the beginning of the manufacturing process of a drug, as described in a marketing authorization or licence …

  10. Biotherapeutic products - World Health Organization (WHO)

    A major industrial application of biotechnology is in the development and preparation of biological medicinal products using genetically engineered bacteria, yeast, fungi, cells or even whole animals …