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-fifth report T2 - WHO Technical report series, SN - 9789241209618 AV - RS189 .W4753 2011 U1 - 615.1 PY - 2011/// CY - Geneva, Switzerland PB - World Health Organization KW - Drugs KW - Standards KW - Congresses KW - Specifications KW - Quality control KW - Pharmacopoeias KW - Drug Industry KW - standards KW - Pharmaceutical Preparations KW - Pharmacopoeias as Topic KW - Reference Standards KW - Quality Control N1 - The WHO Expert Committee met in Geneva from October 18-22, 2010; 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 -- Quality assurance: distribution and trade of pharmaceuticals -- Prequalification of priority essential medicines -- Prequalification of quality control laboratories -- Prequalification of active pharmaceutical ingredients -- Regulatory guidance -- Nomenclature, terminology and databases -- Summary and recommendations -- Annexes; Also available via World Wide Web UR - http://whqlibdoc.who.int/trs/WHO_TRS_961_eng.pdf ER -