TY - BOOK ED - World Health Organization. ED - WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations TI - WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations: forty-third report T2 - Technical report series (World Health Organization), SN - 9789241209533 AV - RS189 .W475 2009 U1 - 615/.1 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Geneva PB - World Health Organization KW - Drugs KW - Standards KW - Pharmacopoeias KW - Quality control KW - Pharmaceutical Preparations KW - standards KW - Congresses KW - Pharmacopoeias as Topic KW - Reference Standards N1 - The WHO Expert Committee met in Geneva from October 13-17, 2008; Includes bibliographical references; Introduction -- General policy -- Joint session with the Expert Committee on Biological Standardization -- Quality control : specifications and tests -- Quality control -- International Reference materials (International Chemical Reference Substances and International Infrared Reference Spectra) -- Quality control -- National laboratories -- Quality assurance -- Good manufacturing practices -- Quality Assurance -- new approaches and risk analysis -- Quality assurance -- distribution and trade of pharmaceuticals -- Quality assurance -- stability -- Prequalifi cation of priority essential medicines and devices -- Prequalifi cation of quality control laboratories -- Prequalifi cation of active pharmaceutical ingredients -- Regulatory guidance -- Nomenclature, terminology and databases -- Miscellaneous -- Summary and recommendations; Available both in print and online UR - http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/pharmprep/PDF_TRS953_WEB.pdf ER -