Implementing safe, rapid, state-of-the-art and sustainable non-animal approaches worldwide

New EDQM assessment approach for classifying medicines as prescription or non-prescription and practical insights from national contexts.

This training course aims to support SoHO entities to implement and enhance their quality management systems in line with the latest regulatory and technical standards.

The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM) and the Portuguese National Authority of Medicines and Health Products (Infarmed) are organising a symposium entitled “Healthcare and medicines: meeting patient’s needs through Council of Europe/EDQM and national programmes”. 

Pharmaceutical reference standards play a vital role in drug development and production and are essential for the quality control of medicines. This global event will bring together experts from industry, regulatory bodies and academia to discuss the evolving landscape of chemical as well as biological pharmaceutical reference standards.

In-person symposium to share insights on key developments in pharmaceutical microbiology (including rapid microbiology methods and harmonised chapters) and to discuss on the best direction for microbiological quality standards in Europe and beyond.