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ArticleTransfusion medicine reviews2022

Production and Quality Assurance of Human Polyclonal Hyperimmune Immunoglobulins Against SARS-CoV-2.

Thierry Burnouf, Birgit Gathof, Evan M Bloch, Renée Bazin, Vincenzo de Angelis, Gopal Kumar Patidar, Rada M Grubovic Rastvorceva, Adaeze Oreh, Ruchika Goel, Naomi Rahimi-Levene and 4 more

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Article in Transfusion medicine reviews, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Thierry BurnoufCollege of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; International PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: thburnouf@gmail.com.
Birgit GathofDepartment of Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Köln, Germany. Electronic address: Birgit.Gathof@uk-koeln.de.
Evan M BlochDivision of Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Renée BazinHéma-Québec, Medical Affairs and Innovation, Québec, Canada.
Vincenzo de AngelisNational Blood Centre, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy.
Gopal Kumar PatidarDepartment of Transfusion Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Rada M Grubovic RastvorcevaInstitute for Transfusion Medicine of RNM, Skopje, North Macedonia; Faculty of Medical Sciences, University Goce Delcev, Štip, North Macedonia.
Adaeze OrehDepartment of Planning, Research and Statistics, National Blood Service Commission, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria.
Ruchika GoelDivision of Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Division of Hematology/Oncology, Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU School of Medicine and ImpactLife Blood Center, Springfield, IL, USA.
Naomi Rahimi-LeveneBlood Bank, Shamir Medical Center, Assaf Harofeh MC, Zerifin, Israel.
Salwa HindawiHaematology Department, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Arwa Z Al-RiyamiDepartment of Hematology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
Cynthia So-OsmanDepartment of Haematology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Unit Transfusion Medicine, Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
ISBT COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Working Group (see the Appendix)

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the potential therapeutic value of early passive polyclonal immunotherapy using high-titer convalescent plasma (CCP). Human polyclonal hyperimmune immunoglobulin (HIG) has several advantages over CCP. Unlike CCP, HIG can provide standardized and controlled antibody content. It is also subjected to robust pathogen reduction rendering it virally safe and is purified by technologies demonstrated to preserve immunoglobulin neutralization capacity and Fc fragment integrity. This document provides an overview of current practices and guidance for the collection and testing of plasma rich in antibodies against Severe Acute Respiratory Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its industrial fractionation for the manufacture of quality-assured and safe HIG. Considerations are also given to the production of HIG preparations in low- and middle-income countries.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2AntibodiesCOVID-19 SerotherapyHumansImmunization, PassivePandemicsAntibodiesConvalescent plasmaCOVID-19Human hyperimmune immunoglobulinsPassive immunotherapySARS-CoV-2

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PMID35879213
PMCPMC9183240

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