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New EDQM “Guidelines on medication review” just released
“Guidelines on medication review” has just been published by the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM). This work provides essential guidance on medication review processes that will enable healthcare professionals to conduct structured and systematic evaluations...
Public consultation on Traceability of Medicines in Hospital Settings
The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare is seeking comments from interested parties on a draft guidance document on the topic of “Traceability of Medicines in Hospital Settings”. The objective of this project is to provide regulatory authorities and stakeholders with a...
Stakeholder consultation – Draft documents to support safe and correct use of herbal food supplements
From 23 February 2024 to 5 April 2024, the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM) is undertaking a targeted consultation to seek the opinions of interested parties on a draft guidance document for healthcare professionals and a draft leaflet for patients/consumers...
Implementation of pharmaceutical care in daily practice in South-eastern Europe Health Network (SEEHN) member states
The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM) has just published the results of a survey conducted in 2022 among states who are members of both the South-eastern Europe Health Network (SEEHN) and the Council of Europe. The main objective of this initiative was to...
Optimising pharmacotherapy and improving patient outcomes: EDQM collaborates on article published in Frontiers in Pharmacology
The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM) has co-authored an article with a broad range of academics and interested parties, entitled “Recommendations for wider adoption of clinical pharmacy in Central and Eastern Europe in order to optimise pharmacotherapy and...
“Polypharmacy and ageing” – EDQM participation in ESCP symposium in Prague
Representatives of the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM) participated in the 50th European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP) Symposium, entitled “Polypharmacy and ageing – individualized, person-centered care”, held in Prague from 19 to 21 October 2022....
Outcome of the 173rd session of the European Pharmacopoeia Commission, June 2022
The European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) Commission held its 173rd session on 21 and 22 June 2022. Forty-eight texts were adopted and will be published in Ph. Eur. Supplement 11.2, effective as of 1 July 2023. Of these 48 texts, four were new monographs: Pumpkin seed (2941), Propylene glycol...
EDQM webinar provides insights on how to implement pharmaceutical care in Europe
The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM) has released a webinar illustrating the content of Council of Europe Resolution CM/Res(2020)3 on the implementation of pharmaceutical care for the benefit of patients and health services, which aims to support member states...
New Council of Europe resolution to promote pharmaceutical care in Europe
A new Council of Europe resolution on the implementation of pharmaceutical care for the benefit of patients and health services has been adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to improve medication use and the quality of care across Europe. The resolution defines a...
New Automated Dose Dispensing (ADD) Guidelines
The EDQM has issued its Guidelines on ‘Best Practice for the Automated Dose Dispensing (ADD) Process and Care and Safety of Patients’. ADD is an automated process, which allows one or more medicinal products to be dispensed into a container/pouch for a patient to take at a particular date and...
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