There is a wide range of applications for fetal bovine serum. The most important is in the field of biopharmaceuticals and vaccines. It is used in the research, manufacture and control of human and veterinary vaccines and of drugs, many of which are at the cutting edge of drug development.
Fetal bovine serum is also used extensively in research. A technique known as “Cell culture” is widely applied in the manufacture of both vaccines and bio-pharmaceuticals in which bovine serum is broadly used.