The Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group (PDG) held its interim videoconference on Thursday 12 March 2020. The PDG – which brings together the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.), the Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP) and the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), with WHO (International Pharmacopoeia) as Observer, to discuss international harmonisation of quality standards – has now completed work on 28 of the 31 general chapters and 46 of the 60 excipient monographs on its current work programme.