E-DRUG WHO - Advanced Technical Briefing Seminar (TBS) on Quality & Safety
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The Department of Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies(HSS/EMP) of the World Health Organization will organize an Advanced Technical Briefing Seminar (TBS) on Quality and Safety of Medicines, to be held from 25-29 June 2012, at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
The general objective of this Seminar is to advance collaboration between WHO and other stakeholders from governmental and non-governmental organizations engaged in promoting the quality and safety of medicines in the global community.
The programme has been developed to increase awareness and knowledge of quality assurance and safety of medicines, blood products and related biologicals with a special focus on WHO standard-setting processes.
Presentations, briefing and discussion topics will include:
* WHO development of guidelines, pharmacopoeial monographs and information resources;
* collaborative approaches underpinning medicine nomenclature(International Nonproprietary Names) and classification systems (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification);
* quality assurance of medicines, blood products and related biologicals;
* WHO prequalification project activities;
* WHO global pharmacovigilance programme;
* WHO input to international control of narcotic and psychotropic substances
The technical briefing will be of interest to technical officers, WHO Representatives, regional advisers and country office staff of WHO and other UN agencies, national and regional drug regulators, and government and non-government officials working in related areas.
Attendance is limited to 25 places. Participation is free of charge. However, each participant is responsible for own travel and accommodation costs and WHO will not be able to cover any cost.
The closing date for the submission of applications is 7 May 2012. Interested persons can apply using the electronic application form, which is available at:
http://www.who.int/medicines/technical_briefing/quality/en/index.html
Dr Raffaella G. Balocco Mattavelli
Manager of the International Nonproprietary Name (INN) Programme
Quality Assurance and Safety: Medicines
Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products (EMP)
World Health Organization
Tel. *41-22-791.3695/1249 Fax. *41-22-791.4730
innprogramme@who.int baloccor@who.int
INN Web site page
<http://www.who.int/medicines/services/inn/en/index.html>