[Use of filter paper to identify antibodies against Myxovirus influenzae]. / Uber die Verwendung von Filterpapierblättchen zum Nachweis von Antikörpern gegen Myxovirus influenzae

A total of 165 sera and 142 eluates from filtration papers impreggnated with whole blood were examined in reaction of complement fixation against A/Hong Kong 1/68 (H3N2) and B/Johannesburg 3/56 virus. To perform HIT 152 sera and 155 eluates were used. The results obtained were elaborated statistically. The method of filtration papers does not seem to be suitable for HIT, whereas the CFT was in several cases practicable.

Role and function of the "Compendium Medicamentorum".

The increase of the co-operation among countries of Council for Mutual Economic Aid (CMEA = COMECON) in the area of drug production has forced these countries to elaborate a collection of unified quality specifications and test procedures for pharmaceutical preparations: the Compendium Medicamentorum (CM). The CM is in hands of the Expert Panel on Drug Standardization, the president of which is prof. J. Richter, head of the Institute for Drugs and Drug Control of the GDR, Berlin. It is issued in Akademie-Verlag Berlin in russian and german. The aim of the CM is to enable the multilateral contact among CMEA countries, above all on the basis of the specialization of drug production.