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Missions of the European Pharmacopoeia
- Provide authoritative quality standards for the medicinal substances that are IMPORTANT for PUBLIC HEALTH in Europe
- RESPOND RAPIDLY to new risks to public health (mad cow disease, counterfeit medicines etc.)
- Facilitate the FREE MOVEMENT and trade of medicines among countries
- Facilitate ACCESS to high-quality medicines, by allowing free movement
- ENSURING THE SAME QUALITY OF MEDICINES FOR ALL EUROPEAN CITIZENS.
Pheur monographs and other texts are designated to be appropriate to the needs of regulatory authorities, those engaged in the control of quality, and manufacturers of starting material and medicinal products.
These standards are to be of appropriate quality as a basis for the safe use of medicines by patients and consumers.
European Pharmacopoeia and Medicines
The official standards published by the European Pharmacopoeia provide a legal and scientific basis for quality control during the development, production and marketing of medicines. Demonstrating compliance with these standards is a necessary part of the marketing authorisation dossier for a medicine. The European Pharmacopoeia is also used by manufacturers and national and European health authorities to check the quality of medicines.
The texts of the Pheur cover active substances, excipients, substances or preparations for pharmaceutical use of chemical, animal, human or herbal origin, homoeopathic preparations and homoeopathic stocks, antibiotics, as well as dosage forms and containers. The texts of the Pheur also apply to biologicals, blood and plasma derivatives, vaccines, radio-pharmaceutical preparations.
More information under Pheur Work Programme.
Structure
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Calendar 2008-2009
Sessions European Pharmacopoeia Commission
25-27 November 2008 (132nd Session)
17-18 March 2009 (133rd Session)
30 June - 1 July 2009 (134th Session)
1-3 December 2009 (135th Session)
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PA/PH/SG (00) 66 DEF Guide for the work of the European Pharmacopoeia
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Rules of Procedure Ph Eur Com
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List of codes of experts & groups
National Pharmacopoeia Secretariats, 23-24 April 2007 Annual meeting of national Pharmacopoeia secretariats, 23-24 April 2007, Rijeka, Croatia
Annual Report Activities 2007
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