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.
- Brasília sediou o 8º Encontro Internacional das Farmacopeias (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA), short summary in Portuguese)
- Farmacopeias comprometem-se contra resistência antimicrobiana (ANVISA, joint statement in Portuguese)