Advice Explanation of the COGEM formula for calculating free lentiviral or gammaretroviral vector particles after ex vivo transduction
In biomedical or clinical research, cells are often genetically modified using lentiv...
20-05-2025
Advice Reassessment of the threshold values for the presence of free lentiviral and retroviral vector particles in clinical trials with ex vivo transduced cells
In certain gene therapies, cells from the patient are genetically altered outside the...
17-06-2024
Advice on the decision by the European Commission on the GMO status of viral replicon particles
The European Commission (EC) has made a decision on the status of viral replicon part...
31-01-2023
Detection of replication competent virus formation during production and use of lenti- and gammaretroviral vectors
COGEM commissioned research on the tests and methods that can be used to demonstrate ...
31-01-2023
Research project on detection methods for replication-competent lentiviral and retroviral vectors
Biomedical, genetic, and clinical research is often carried out with replication-defi...
23-12-2022
Viral replicon systems and their biosafety aspects –Inventory and description of viral replicon systems and characteristics relevant for risk assessment
Much attention is being paid to the development and application of viral replicons, b...
23-12-2022
Generic downscaling of containment requirements for work with viral replicons derived from alphaviruses and flaviviruses
Much research is being done on the development and application of ‘viral replicons’. ...
07-05-2020
Generic environmental risk assessment of gene therapies that use GM cells containing free lentiviral particles
A generic environmental risk assessment has been prepared for gene therapy trials in ...
11-02-2020
Generic environmental risk assessment of clinical trials with AAV vectors
Hundreds of clinical trials have been carried out worldwide in which use was made of ...
16-03-2018
Generic advice on containment levels for replication-deficient adenoviral vector systems
Vector systems based on adenoviruses are frequently used in biomedical research. In r...
04-09-2015
Research report Assessment of preclinical gene therapy studies worldwide
Frequently, the success of preclinical gene therapy studies in animal models is repor...