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Missions & Structure
Missions of the European Pharmacopoeia
- Provide authoritative quality standards for the medicinal substances that are IMPORTANT for PUBLIC HEALTH in Europe
- RESPOND RAPIDLY to new risks to public health (mad cow disease, counterfeit medicines etc.)
- Facilitate the FREE MOVEMENT and trade of medicines among countries
- Facilitate ACCESS to high-quality medicines, by allowing free movement
- ENSURING THE SAME QUALITY OF MEDICINES FOR ALL EUROPEAN CITIZENS.
European Pharmacopoeia monographs and other texts are designated to be appropriate to the needs of regulatory authorities, those engaged in the control of quality, and manufacturers of starting material and medicinal products.
These standards are to be of appropriate quality as a basis for the safe use of medicines by patients and consumers.
European Pharmacopoeia and Medicines
The official standards published by the European Pharmacopoeia provide a legal and scientific basis for quality control during the development, production and marketing of medicines. Demonstrating compliance with these standards is a necessary part of the marketing authorisation dossier for a medicine. The European Pharmacopoeia is also used by manufacturers and national and European health authorities to check the quality of medicines.
The texts of the European Pharmacopoeia cover active substances, excipients, substances or preparations for pharmaceutical use of chemical, animal, human or herbal origin, homoeopathic preparations and homoeopathic stocks, antibiotics, as well as dosage forms and containers. The texts of the European Pharmacopoeia also apply to biologicals, blood and plasma derivatives, vaccines, radio-pharmaceutical preparations.
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Structure
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European Pharmacopoeia Commission
Groups of experts & Working parties
Technical secretariat & Laboratory
Calendar 2010
Sessions European Pharmacopoeia Commission
23-24 March 2010 (136th Session)
29-30 June 2010 (137th Session)
16-17 November 2010 (138th Session)
Downloads
PA/PH/SG (00) 66 DEF Guide for the work of the European Pharmacopoeia
List of codes of experts & groups
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