The international unit ( IU ) is defined by the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization.
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The first Expert Committee on Biological Standardization without official status and given the assigned value of 50 mIU / ampoule based on an earlier collaborative study.
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A standardized international reference material has been developed and is accepted by the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization and the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine.
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IUMS activities include the classification and nomenclature of bacteria, fungi and viruses, food microbiology, medical microbiology and diagnostics, culture collections, education, and biological standardization.
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The organization relies on contributions from renowned scientists and professionals to inform its work, such as the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization, the WHO Expert Committee on Leprosy, and the WHO Study Group on Interprofessional Education & Collaborative Practice.
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Many biological agents exist in different forms or preparations ( e . g . vitamin A in the form of retinol or Expert Committee on Biological Standardization provides a reference preparation of the agent, arbitrarily sets the number of IUs contained in that preparation, and specifies a biological procedure to compare other preparations of the same agent to the reference preparation.
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She was past president of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research ( 2000 2001 ) and serves on the World Health Organization Expert Committee on Biological Standardization, the Malaria Vaccine Initiative Vaccine Science Portfolio Advisory Council, the U . S . Department of Defense Malaria Vaccine Program Scientific Advisory Board, and the U . S . Agency for International Development Vaccine Development Scientific Consultants Group.
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