| ACI | Autologous chondrocyte implantation |
| API | Active pharmaceutical ingredient |
| ATMP | Advanced therapy medicinal product |
| CEA | Cultured epithelial autograft |
| CDEA | Cultured dermal–epidermal autograft |
| CHUV | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois |
| CPC | Cell production center |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium |
| ECACC | European collection of authenticated cell cultures |
| EC | European Commission |
| EDQM | European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and Healthcare |
| EMA | European Medicines Agency |
| ePBB | Equine progenitor biological bandage |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| FDA | US Food and Drug Administration |
| FIRDI | Food Industry Research and Development Institute |
| GMP | Good manufacturing practice |
| HPL | Human platelet lysate |
| HUG | Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève |
| ICH | International Council for Harmonisation |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| MCB | Master cell bank |
| PBB | Progenitor biological bandage |
| PCB | Parental cell bank |
| PMDA | Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency |
| QC | Quality control |
| SPE | Sheep placental extract |
| TFDA | Taiwan Food and Drug Administration |
| TrSt | Standardized transplant product |
| WCB | Working cell bank |