2006D-0383 Characterization and Qualification of Cell Substrates and Other Biological Starting Materials Used in the Production of Viral Vaccines for the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases
FDA Comment Number : EC3328
Submitter : Mrs. Roslyn Stephen Date & Time: 12/15/2006 08:12:24
Organization : Mrs. Roslyn Stephen
Category : Individual Consumer
Issue Areas/Comments
GENERAL
GENERAL
Please issue guidelines to restrict pharmaceutical companies to the use of non-fetal stem cell lines only in the manufacture of vaccines. It is my belief that there is an abundance of such ethical stem cell lines for this purpose and it is thus not necessary to use fetal stem cells.