Report on the prevention of microbial contamination of medicinal products.

  • Great Britain. Medicines Commission.
Date:
1973
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Credit: Report on the prevention of microbial contamination of medicinal products. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dear Secretary of State On 16 March 1972 you asked the Medicines Commission “‘in pursuance of their functions under the Medicines Act 1968, to arrange for an immediate review of measures which should be taken in the course of production, distribution, storage and use of medicinal products to prevent them becoming vehicles of infection’. At their meeting on 29 March 1972 the Commission appointed a Com- mittee under the Chairmanship of Lord Rosenheim to undertake this review and to report to them. The Committee produced an interim report — on heat sterilized fluids for parenteral administration which was accepted by the Commission on 20 July 1972 and subsequently presented to you. The Committee have now produced a final report covering the remainder of their remit. It draws attention to potential sources of contamination of medicinal products and makes a number of recommendations. Following Lord Rosenheim’s untimely death, Dr Frank Hartley chaired the Committee through its final stages. The Medicines Commission accepted the report at their meeting on 8 February 1973, and I now have much pleasure in submitting it to you. Yours sincerely ANDREW WILSON Acting Chairman, Medicines Commission ~ WELLCOME LIBRARY | General Collections |