All EDQM press releases
EDQM and EC build on 10 years of co-operation to support a more sustainable blood supply and resilient blood sector
A conference celebrating 10 years of co-operation between the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM) and the European Commission (EC) in the field of blood transfusion shed light on the challenges faced by blood establishments (BEs) in securing sustainable...
COVID-19 vaccines: release of guidelines critical for co-ordinated independent batch control by EU OMCLs
The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM) has published three new Official Control Authority Batch Release (OCABR) guidelines outlining the tests to be performed by Official Medicines Control Laboratories (OMCLs) in the EU OCABR Network as part of the...
New EDQM document on recombinant viral vectored vaccines to support COVID19 vaccine developers
A broad range of technologies are being evaluated in the development of COVID-19 vaccines, from conventional approaches, such as live attenuated and inactivated vaccines, to more recent technologies, such as nucleic acid vaccines and recombinant viral vectored vaccines. Currently, limited...
Ten years at the service of consumer safety in Europe: over 600 analytical methods for cosmetics testing, 20 studies, 50 laboratories and more expected to join
The experts of the European Committee for Cosmetics and Consumer Health (CD-P-COS) held a virtual meeting on 22 and 23 June to define steps for advancing consumer protection in Europe and for reinforcing cross-border co-operation and independent cosmetics testing. The meeting also marked the...
Outcome of the 167th session of the European Pharmacopoeia Commission
The 167th session of the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) Commission on 23 June 2020 was the first ever to be held online, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.