All EDQM press releases
Committee on organ transplantation at Council of Europe warns against Global Kidney Exchange programmes
The Council of Europe Committee on Organ Transplantation (CD-P-TO), with the support of the Council of Europe Committee on Bioethics (DH-BIO), has issued a recommendation to the Member States of the Council of Europe, as well as health authorities, hospitals and professionals not to engage in...
Live Biotherapeutic Products (LBPs): European Pharmacopoeia Commission sets unprecedented quality requirements
At its 160th Session, the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) Commission achieved an important milestone in the setting of quality requirements for Live Biotherapeutic Products (LBPs) with the adoption of quality standards for LBPs for human use: a general monograph on Live biotherapeutic...
Acellular pertussis vaccines: towards the replacement of the Histamine Sensitisation Test (HIST) for residual pertussis toxin testing
The European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) Commission is seeking public feedback on its proposal to replace the Histamine sensitisation test in mice (HIST) with a standardised CHO cell clustering assay for residual pertussis toxin testing, in general chapter 2.6.33 Residual pertussis toxin...
Outcome of the 160th Session of the European Pharmacopoeia Commission
At its 160th Session which took place in Strasbourg on 20-21 March 2018, the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) Commission adopted 19 new monographs, 3 new chapters, 51 revised monographs and 15 revised chapters.
The Ph. Eur. revises its general chapter on Infrared Absorption Spectrophotometry
At its 160th session (March 2018) the Ph. Eur. Commission adopted a new version of one of its major general methods, which has undergone extensive revision. The chapter on Infrared Absorption Spectrophotometry (2.2.24) is one of the original cornerstones of pharmacopoeial testing, referenced...