Volume 7: Medicines and Cosmetics
Index

S

safety of medicines

saliva  2

salivary glands

saponification

SARS see Suspected Adverse Reactions Scheme

sausage casings  2,  3

SBO see Specified Bovine Offal

scalpel blades, disposable  2,  3,  4

SCC see Scientific Committee on Cosmetology

Schild, Dr  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12

science-based judgements

Scientific Committee on Cosmetology (SCC)  2,  3,  4

Scientific Committee on Cosmetology (SCC), advice on BSE and cosmetics

Scientific Secretariat

Scientific Veterinary Committee on Spongiform Encephalopathies

Scollen, Mr  2,  3,  4,  5

Scotland  2,  3

scrapie  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

scrapie, causative agents

scrapie, implications for human health

scrapie, in foetal lambs

scrapie, lack of evidence for transmission to humans  2

scrapie, lack of similarity to CJD

scrapie, serum from infected animals

scrapie, tissue distribution of infectivity

scrapie, transmission in secretions and excretions

scrapie, vertical transmission

scrapie-like agents  2

scrapie-like agents, inactivation of  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

SEAC see Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee

SEAR  2

Secretary of State  2,  3

Secretary of State for Health  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14

Secretary of State for Health, licences held by  2

secretions, isolation of scrapie from

section 4 committees  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13

section 4 committees, flow of information between

section 4 committees, role of

section 4 committees, use as advisers

semen  2

Senior Medical Officer (SMO)  2,  3,  4,  5

Senior Principal Medical Officer (SPMO)  2

Senior Principal Pharmaceutical Officer

Serum and Glandular Products Order

serum and serum products  2,  3,  4

serum, as poor source of infectivity

serum, preparation of  2,  3

Shannon, Dr  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10

shaving sticks

sheep  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

sheep brain

sheep, feeding of sheep material to cattle

sheep, offal

sheep, scrapie-infected, protein derived from

shepherds, scrapie not transmitted to

Shersby, Mrs  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

Shreeve, Dr

Simpson, Dr

Singh, Dr  2,  3,  4

single use sterile devices

SKF  2,  3

skin creams

skin see topical medicinal products

skull

skull, in gelatin manufacture

slaughterhouse workers, scrapie not transmitted to

slaughterhouses  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

slaughterhouses, bovine ingredients as by-product of

slaughterhouses, cross-contamination in

slaughterman

Sloggem, Mr John  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20

Sloggem, Mr John, CSM/BSC discussion of paper  2

slow virus syndrome  2,  3,  4,  5

Smith, Mr

SmithKline Beecham  2

SMO see Senior Medical Officer

soaps  2

sodium hydroxide disinfection

Soul, Mr

Southwood Report  2

Southwood Report  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19

Southwood Report, as 'damp squib'  2

Southwood Report, discusion with Ministers

Southwood Report, message of

Southwood Working Party  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  32

Southwood Working Party, consideration of guidelines

Southwood Working Party, discussion of biological products

Southwood Working Party, risk assessment

Southwood, Sir Richard  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17

Southwood, Sir Richard, correspondence with

Southwood, Sir Richard, letter to CSM

Special Health Authority

specific pathogen free (SPF) herds

Specified Bovine Offal (SBO)  2

Specified Bovine Offal (SBO), unstained and unsterilised

Specified Bovine Offal ban  2,  3

Specified Bovine Offal ban, exemptions from  2,  3,  4,  5

Specified Bovine Offal ban, further consideration of tissues covered by

Specified Bovine Offal ban, implications for medical devices

Specified Bovine Offal ban, implications for medicinal products

Specified Bovine Offal ban, inconsistency with BSEWG advice

Specified Bovine Offal ban, public consultation

sperm

SPF see specific pathogen free herds

spinal cord  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11

spinal cord, in gelatine manufacture

spinal cord, infectivity of

spine, in gelatine manufacture

spleen  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19

spleen, infectivity of

spleen, pharmaceutical use

SPMO see Senior Principal Medical Officer

Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC)  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16

Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC), consideration of Tyrrell proposal A1d

Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC), eighth meeting

Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC), first meeting

Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC), Interim Report on Research

Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC), ninth meeting

Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC), note on non-food preparations

Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC), perceptions of

Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC), relevance of pharmaceutical research

Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Group (SEAC), fourth meeting

Sprang, Dr

staff, recruitment and retention

staining

State Veterinary Service (SVS)

STD see Supplies Technology Division

stearic acid  2

Stelchens, Mr

sterilisation  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16

Stewart, Mr

stick deodorants

subclinically infected cattle

suckler herds

Supplies Technology Division (STD)  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

Supplies Technology Division (STD), comments of Tyrrell Report

Supplies Technology Division (STD), responsibility for follow-up of guidelines

surgical catgut see catgut

surgical ligatures

surgical materials  2

Surgical Materials Order SI 1971 No. 1276

Suspected Adverse Reactions Scheme (SARS)  2

Sutton, Dr

sutures  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

sutures, absorbable

sutures, from French sources

sutures, production of

SVS see State Veterinary Service

Switzerland  2,  3,  4

Switzerland, BSE in  2,  3

syringes, disposable  2,  3,  4

T

tail  2

tallow  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21

tankage

tanners  2

Taylor, Dr David  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13

Taylor, Mr  2,  3,  4

Taylor, Mr A J C  2

Taylor, Mr Alan

Taylor, Mr David

Taylor, Mr Kevin

Taylor, Professor Ken

tendons  2

tetanus vaccine  2

Thompson, Mr

Thornton, Dr Denise  2

thymus  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18

thyroid gland  2

tissue, products derived from

toiletries see cosmetics

Tolworth see Animal Medicines Division

tongue  2

tonsils  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

tonsils, infectivity of

topical cosmetic products

topical medicinal products  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

topical medicinal products, exemption from guidelines

Townsend, Mrs Stephanie  2

trachea  2

trading

trading standards department

transesterification

transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE)  2,  3,  4

transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE), consideration by WHO

transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE), in cat  2

transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE), species barrier

tripe  2

TSE see transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Tuberculin PPD vaccine  2,  3,  4,  5

Turner, Mr  2

Tyrrell Committee  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20

Tyrrell Committee, discussions of

Tyrrell Committee, funding of

Tyrrell Committee, interim report

Tyrrell Committee, progress on recommendations

Tyrrell Committee, proposals C2a and C2b  2,  3,  4,  5

Tyrrell Committee, recommendation A1d

Tyrrell Committee, response of

Tyrrell Report  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12

Tyrrell Report, comments from STD

Tyrrell Report, proposals C2a and C2b

Tyrrell Report, publication of

Tyrrell, Dr  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12

Tyrrell, Dr, concerns about gelatine

U

udders  2,  3

Under Secretary for Animal Health

unfit meat

Unilever

Unipath

unlicensed products

urine

uterus  2

V

vaccination programme  2,  3,  4

vaccination programme, dangers of interrupting

vaccination programme, importance of

vaccination programme, potential risks of

vaccine scare  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

vaccines  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13

vaccines, animal  2,  3

vaccines, as possible source of BSE

vaccines, availability of supply

vaccines, Bovulin

vaccines, children's  2,  3

vaccines, clean stocks of

vaccines, diphtheria

vaccines, DTP  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

vaccines, existing stocks of  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12

vaccines, fish  2

vaccines, heat treatment of

vaccines, human

vaccines, louping-ill

vaccines, lungworm  2

vaccines, measles  2,  3,  4,  5

vaccines, MMR  2,  3,  4,  5

vaccines, not complying with CSM/VPC guidelines  2,  3

vaccines, preparation using bovine material  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

vaccines, rabies  2

vaccines, rubella

vaccines, storage

vaccines, tetanus

vaccines, Tuberculin PPD  2,  3,  4,  5

vaccines, whooping cough

vascular prostheses

vasopressin

veal

veterinary medicines  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD)  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14

Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), adequacy of response

Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), audit of manufacturers

Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), biologicals and recombinant products team

Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), changing Directorship of

Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), feed additives team

Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), follow-up of guidelines by  2

Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), pharmaceuticals team

Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), progress report from MCA

Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), report to VPC  2

veterinary medicines, audit of

veterinary medicines, consideration by BSE Working Group

veterinary medicines, Cunliffe Report  2

veterinary medicines, follow-up of guidelines

veterinary medicines, licensing  2

veterinary medicines, not complying with CSM/VPC guidelines

veterinary medicines, progress report

veterinary medicines, response on  2

veterinary medicines, response to CSM/VPC guidelines

veterinary medicines, update on responses to questionnaire

Veterinary Products Committee (VPC)  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24

Veterinary Products Committee (VPC), agreement to guidelines

Veterinary Products Committee (VPC), approval of guidelines

Veterinary Products Committee (VPC), discussion of draft guidelines

Veterinary Products Committee (VPC), joint CSM/VPC guidelines  2,  3

Veterinary Products Committee (VPC), report from VMD  2

Veterinary Products Committee (VPC), responsibility for follow-up of guidelines

Veterinary Products Committee (VPC), responsibility for veterinary product safety

veterinary surgeons

veterinary surgeons, scrapie not transmitted to

Viral Products Advisory Panel, NIBSC

viruses  2

viruses, hardy  2

viruses, heat resistance of

vitamin supplements

VMD see Veterinary Medicines Directorate

VPC see Veterinary Products Committee

W

Wales  2,  3

Walker, Mr John  2,  3

waste

Watson, Dr  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15

Weleda

Wellcome Biotechnology  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

Wellcome Biotechnology, response to questionnaire

Wellcome Biotechnology, studies with NIBSC

Wellcome Foundation

Wellcome Laboratories

Wells, Mr  2

Weybridge see Central Veterinary Laboratory

Whitbread, Mr L  2

White, Dr Ian

WHO see World Health Organisation

whooping cough vaccine  2

Whyte, Mrs Diane  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15

Wight, Dr  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19

Wilesmith, Mr John  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

Wilkes, Mr  2

Will, Dr  2,  3

Wills, Dr

Wilson, Mr Clive  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

Winship, Dr  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

Wood, Dr Susan  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

Wood, Mr Geoff  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

Woodward, Dr KN

Woolley, Mr Derek  2

Working Party on BSE see Southwood Working Party

World Health Organisation (WHO)

World Health Organisation (WHO), consideration of TSE

wound dressings  2,  3

wounds, topical preparations  2,  3,  4,  5

X

Y

Yellow Card Scheme  2

Yellow Card Scheme, veterinary

Z

Zeneca