NIBSC

the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control is the WHO Collaborating Centre for Biological Standardization, holding roughly 90 percent of the WHO International Standards that calibrate the potency of vaccines, hormones and biologics globally.

Country: United Kingdom

Operating WHO Collaborating Centre, ~90% of WHO International Standards eu

Coverage

	CN	EU	IN	US
monitoring-conservation	✓	✓	✓	✓

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Verifiable facts

Fact	Value	Source
Funding	NIBSC receives revenue from fees charged for services (including sale of standards) and research funding from DHSC.	assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
Capacity	Produces all lyophilised products in the NIBSC catalogue using industrial freeze dryers; also performs contract work for external parties.	contractsfinder.service.gov.uk
Certification	ISO 17025 compliance for some testing under a UKAS assessed Quality Management System.	nibsc.org
Regulatory approval	UK’s official National Control Laboratory and stand-alone National Control Laboratory as of January 1, 2021.	nibsc.org
Production site	South Mimms, Hertfordshire, UK.	piglix.com · bipm.org
Headcount	Around 300 staff (approx. 200 scientists) in some reports; around 1,220 total full-time equivalents for the MHRA agency in 2013/14.	piglix.com · assets.publishing.service.gov.uk · bipm.org
Revenue	NIBSC operational income was £13.8m for the year to December 2013. medium confidence	assets.publishing.service.gov.uk

Independent sources: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk · bipm.org · contractsfinder.service.gov.uk · piglix.com

Technologies

Name	Cluster	Risk
Reference materials & certified reference strains	monitoring-conservation	Low	→

Compiled by BIOECON from primary sources.

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