Meeting Report: 2015 PDA Virus & TSE Safety Forum.

The report provides a summary of the presentations at the Virus & TSE Safety Forum 2015 organized by the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) and held in Cascais, Portugal, from 9 to 11 June, 2015. As with previous conferences of this series, the PDA Virus & TSE Safety Forum 2015 provided an excellent forum for the exchange of information and opinions between the industry, research organizations, and regulatory bodies. Regulatory updates on virus and TSE safety aspects illustrating current topics of discussion at regulatory agencies in Europe and the United States were provided; the conference covered emerging viruses and new virus detection systems that may be used for the investigation of human pathogenic viruses as well as the virus safety of cell substrates and of raw material of ovine/caprine or human origin.

Meeting Report: 2013 PDA Virus & TSE Safety Forum.

The report provides a summary of the presentations and discussions at the Virus & TSE Safety Forum 2013 organized by the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) and held in Berlin, Germany, from June 4 to 6, 2013. The conference was accompanied by a workshop, "Virus Spike Preparations and Virus Removal by Filtration: New Trends and Developments". The presentations and the discussion at the workshop are summarized in a separate report that will be published in this issue of the journal as well.

Meeting Report: PDA Virus and TSE Safety Forum.

Unlabelled: The report provides a summary of the presentations and discussions of the Virus & TSE (transmissible spongiform encephalopathy) Safety Forum 2011 that was organized by the Parenteral Drug Association and held in Barcelona, Spain, on 28-30 June, 2011. The conference was accompanied by a workshop named "Virus Removal by Filtration: Trends and New Developments." A summary of the workshop is provided as a separate report and will be published in this journal as well.