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Eighth International Meeting of World Pharmacopoeias

11 – 12 July 2017
Brasilia, Brazil

The eighth international meeting of world pharmacopoeias was co-hosted by ANVISA (the regulatory authority of Brazil) and the Brazilian Pharmacopoeia, and was held in the WHO office in Brasilia, Brazil from 11 to 12 July 2017. Twenty-six representatives from 13 pharmacopoeias, including the European Pharmacopoeia, representing 38 national pharmacopoeias and pharmacopoeial authorities, participated actively in the meeting.

The agenda included discussions on two Supplementary chapters to the main Good Pharmacopoeial Practices (GPhP). The pharmacopoeias represented at the eighth international meeting issued a joint statement on the important role of public quality control standards in fighting antimicrobial resistance.