All EDQM press releases
EDQM publishes a new section dedicated to biotherapeutics on its website
The new biotherapeutics section on the EDQM website summarises Ph. Eur. Commission activities and achievements in this field. In addition to clarification of the role of Ph. Eur. monographs in the biosimilars regulatory pathway, it describes the recently concluded P4-BIO pilot phase and the...
EDQM/European Pharmacopeia: new building will ensure continuity in pharmaceutical reference standards supply
The first stone of the new secondary site of the Council of Europe’s European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and HealthCare (EDQM) was laid today. The new site will be used to store its portfolio of over 3 000 pharmaceutical reference standards, as an addition to those already in...
OMCLs discuss Brexit and updates to medicines’ testing methods at annual meeting
The Annual Meeting of the Official Medicines Control Laboratories (OMCLs) took place on 14-18 May in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). It was attended by 230 participants from 38 countries, representing 65 official laboratories and including a representative of the OMCL Network, the Taiwan...
Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group (PDG) holds first videoconference meeting
The Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group (PDG), consisting of representatives from the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph.Eur.), Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP), the United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) and the WHO (International Pharmacopoeia) as observer, held its first interim videoconference on Wednesday 11...
European and Indian Pharmacopoeias to cooperate further on provision of strong quality standards for medicines
The EDQM/European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) and the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) held a symposium on the quality control of medicines in the context of the pharmaceutical legislation and regulatory requirements that exist in Europe and India.