On World Standards Day (14 October), the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) marks 100 years since the first biological standard – the scientific benchmark that keeps medicines and vaccines safe, effective and consistent for patients in the UK and worldwide.

When someone receives a medicine, it must work the same way no matter wherever it is made. Biological standards make sure that a medicine produced in one country performs exactly as it would if it were made somewhere else – giving patients and doctors confidence that treatments can be trusted.

Paul Bowyer, Deputy Director, Standards Lifecycle, at the MHRA, said:

“The biological standards developed, produced, curated and supplied by the MHRA not only support the safe development, testing and use of a wide range

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