All EDQM press releases
Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group achievements
The Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group (PDG)1 held its interim videoconference on 15 April 2024. The primary topic of the meeting was the lessons learned from the PDG expansion pilot programme that was launched in 2022 and ended in October 2023 with the inclusion of the Indian Pharmacopoeia...
30th anniversary of the OMCL Network – Celebrating the success of international collaboration for safe medicines at the 29th GEON meeting
The 29th Annual Meeting of the General European Official Medicines Control Laboratories Network (GEON) was held from 13 to 17 May 2024 in Ohrid (North Macedonia). Over 230 participants representing 63 official medicines control laboratories (OMCLs) from 38 countries attended this meeting, which...
JP and Ph. Eur. launch a bilateral prospective harmonisation project for active substance and medicinal product monographs
The Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP) and the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) are pleased to announce the launch of a bilateral prospective harmonisation project targeting pharmacopoeial standards for active substances and medicinal products. Pharmacopeial harmonisation serves to further reduce the...
Outcome of the 177th session of the European Pharmacopoeia Commission, November 2023
The European Pharmacopoeia Commission (EPC) held its 177th session on 21 and 22 November 2023. The EPC adopted 77 texts at this session, to be published in European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) Supplement 11.6 (July 2024) and be effective as of 1 January 2025.
Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group achievements
The Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group (PDG) held its annual autumn meeting from 3 to 4 October 2023. The group welcomed the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) as a new member during the meeting (link). The addition of the IPC, a first in the over 34-year history of the PDG, facilitates the reach...
