WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations: Forty-Eighth Meeting Report

By World Health Organization

The Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations works towards clear, independent and practical standards and guidelines for the quality assurance of medicines. Standards are developed by the Committee through worldwide consultation and an international consensus-building process.

The following new guidelines were adopted and recommended for use, in addition to 20 monographs and general texts for inclusion in The International Pharmacopoeia and 11 new International Chemical Reference Substances. The International Pharmacopoeia - updating mechanism for the section on radiopharmaceuticals; WHO good manufacturing practices for pharmaceutical products: main principles; Model quality assurance system for procurement agencies; Assessment tool based on the model quality assurance system for procurement agencies: aide-memoire for inspection; Guidelines on submission of documentation for prequalification of finished pharmaceutical products approved by stringent regulatory authorities; and Guidelines on submission of documentation for a multisource (generic) finished pharmaceutical product: quality part.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9241209860
• ISBN13: 9789241209861
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: World Health Organization
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"