NEW SECONDARY SITE OF THE EDQM OPENED AND INAUGURATED ON 15 NOVEMBER 2019

(04/11/2019) The new secondary site of the EDQM, being opened and inaugurated today, 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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11 June 2018, Metz, France

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 stock at the main EDQM building in Strasbourg. Based in Metz, north-eastern France, this site will be key to contribute to ensuring the sustainability and continuity of the EDQM’s public health protection mission, in the case for instance of problems affecting the Strasbourg site.

THE EDQM SECONDARY BUILDING

OFFICIAL EUROPEAN PHARMACOPOEIA REFERENCE STANDARDS (RS)

• An integral part of the quality standards of the Ph. Eur.
• A secondary site ready to prepare samples if needed
• A secondary site ready to dispatch RS worldwide if needed
• A secondary site that boosts storage capacity for Ph. Eur. RS
• The EDQM secondary site at a glance

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