title: Viral safety evaluation of plasma-derived therapeutic products.
abstract: The viral safety of plasma-derived products, in the U.S., is ensured by a complementary approach consisting of donor screening for high-risk activities or history, donor testing for relevant blood-borne viruses, and the inclusion of viral clearance steps in the manufacturing process. Thus, any manufacturing process for the production of plasma-derived products should be validated for its capacity to clear viruses. This validation is performed by using small-scale laboratory models that mimic the actual manufacturing process with regard to its critical operating parameters and performance characteristics. In addition, there are a number of validation components that are deemed essential for obtaining reliable viral validation data. These include: (i) validation of the small-scale model to establish its relevance to the actual process; (ii) choice of viruses in performing spiking experiments; (iii) reliability and validity of the assays used to determine viral titer in the test articles and (iv) calculation of total log reductions in the validated steps.
authors.affiliation: Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD 20852-1448, USA. farshidm@cber.fda.gov
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farshid
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001688:Biological Products / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010949:Plasma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000821:virology; D012449:Safety; D014481:United States; D014780:Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products