Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations (ECSPP)

The WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations (ECSPP) was established in the very first World Health Assembly in 1948 to provide advice to WHO and its Member States. The norms, standards and guidelines (including The International Pharmacopoeia) of WHO on the quality assurance of pharmaceuticals are approved by the Expert Committee and adopted as international standards. Members of the Committee are selected from the members of the WHO Expert Advisory Panel on the International Pharmacopoeia and Pharmaceutical Preparations.