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Press release 06 2020 - Annual OMCL Network meeting focuses on role of OMCLs during the COVID-19 pandemic - May 2020
The annual meeting of the European Network of Official Medicines Control Laboratories (OMCLs) took place from 12 to 15 May 2020, online and with a reduced programme due to the COVID-19 crisis. It was attended by more than 350 participants from 39 countries and was organised by the EDQM.
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Press release 05 2020 - COVID-19 Pandemic: European Pharmacopoeia - Commission session held electronically in historic first - May 2020
By mid-March this year, announcements regarding the postponement or cancellation of meetings due to the COVID-19 pandemic had been made and an almost global lockdown was underway. In this unprecedented context, the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) Commission and its 60 groups of experts and working parties, with the support of the national pharmacopoeia authorities and the EDQM, demonstrated their commitment to public health protection by adapting their traditional method of working to the new situation and constraints. Thanks to their efforts, the work of the Ph. Eur. continues to be assured.
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Press release 04 2020 - Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group (PDG) videoconference meeting - April 2020
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.
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Press release 03 2020 - “Meet the World Pharmacopoeias” Symposium - March 2020
The EDQM organised the one-day “Meet the World Pharmacopoeias” Symposium on 20 February 2020 at the EDQM premises in Strasbourg, after the 11th International Meeting of World Pharmacopoeias (IMWP), which was also hosted at its premises.
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Press release 02 2020 - International Meeting World Pharmacopoeias - February 2020
At the 11th International Meeting of the World Pharmacopoeias (IMWP) co-hosted by the WHO and the EDQM in Strasbourg (France), national and regional pharmacopoeias brought forward initiatives to strengthen their co-operation as a way to improve public health outcomes for patients.
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Press Release - European Paediatric Formulary goes live on 11 December 2019 - December 2019
The EDQM is pleased to announce that the European Paediatric Formulary is now available free of charge on a dedicated online platform. This is a major achievement for the PaedForm Working Party and all the stakeholders involved, since it not only embodies several years’ work and dedication to the project, but feeds into the fundamental human right of equal access to quality healthcare.
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Press release - Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group videoconference meeting - April 2019
The Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group (PDG) held its interim videoconference on Wednesday 13 March 2019. The PDG, which brings together the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.), 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.
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Press release - Outcome of the 165th Session of the European Pharmacopoeia Commission - December 2019
During its 165th session, held in Strasbourg on 26 and 27 November 2019, the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) Commission (re)appointed more than 850 experts to its current 21 groups of experts and 39 active working parties for a new term running from November 2019 to November 2022.
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Press release - New secondary site of the EDQM: resilience and business continuity - November 2019
The new secondary site of the EDQM, being opened and inaugurated on 15 November 2019, will enable the safe storage of contingency stocks of European Pharmacopoeia reference standards and ensure their distribution worldwide in the event of major incidents at its main site in Strasbourg.
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Press Release - Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group achievements - October 2019
The latest face-to-face meeting of the Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group (PDG) [European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.), Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP) and the United States Pharmacopeia (USP)] was hosted by JP in Tokyo, Japan on 1-2 October 2019. WHO participated as observer. The PDG 30th Anniversary Symposium was also held on 3 October 2019.