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Influenza vaccine <strong>production</strong> <strong>technologies</strong><br />

Figure 2. Comparative times <strong>for</strong> producing a batch <strong>of</strong> pandemic influenza vaccine<br />

Week 1 - 6 7 8 9 10 11 12<br />

IIV<br />

Eggs<br />

IIV<br />

Cells<br />

LAIV<br />

Eggs<br />

Production<br />

<strong>of</strong> vaccine<br />

strain 1<br />

Inoculation<br />

and culture<br />

Inoculation<br />

and culture<br />

Inoculation<br />

culture and<br />

harvest<br />

Harvest,<br />

split & purify<br />

Harvest,<br />

split & purify<br />

Sterility testing Release<br />

Sterility testing 2<br />

Sterility testing 2<br />

Release 3<br />

Release 3<br />

Notes and assumptions<br />

1 – Production <strong>of</strong> vaccine seed on LAIV background strain is not routinely undertaken at present. This would have to be established at WHO collaborating centres<br />

2 – Additional QC testing will be required in addition to sterility testing. However sterility testing would be the rate-limiting step determining release date (but see note 3).<br />

3 – Assuming release <strong>of</strong> IIV is possible on protein quantification data only. Reagents to quantify HA content may not be available until weeks 16 – 20.<br />

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