Division 13.5 Routine production by product type

This covers the production of antibodies and blood products by established methods. This excludes immunisation of animals for subsequent hybridoma production carried out for the purposes of basic or applied and translational research within a given project, which shall be captured under basic or applied research under the appropriate category.

The use of animals for antibody production for commercial purposes, including immunisation for the subsequent hybridoma production, shall be reported under ‘Routine production’/‘Monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies (excluding ascites method)’. All use of the ascites method for the culture of monoclonal antibodies shall be reported under ‘Routine production’/‘Monoclonal antibodies by ascites method only’.