WHO Technical Report Series, No. 981 - World Health Organization
WHO Technical Report Series, No. 981 - World Health Organization
WHO Technical Report Series, No. 981 - World Health Organization
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Summary and recommendations<br />
Index of pharmacopoeias<br />
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Consult with representatives of the individual world pharmacopeias<br />
included in the Index of pharmacopoeias in order to complete and<br />
validate the information therein.<br />
<strong>WHO</strong> databases<br />
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Maintain the International <strong>No</strong>nproprietary Names (INN) database<br />
and continue to make it available on the web site.<br />
Maintain the Quality Assurance database and continue to make it<br />
available on the web site.<br />
Continue the work of the terminology subgroup to further review<br />
the list of terms and definitions covered by this Expert Committee.<br />
Financial situation analysis<br />
In view of the number of important tasks ahead, the Expert Committee<br />
emphasized the need for continued funding to the Medicines Quality Assurance<br />
Programme and the need to reach out to programmes and organizations that<br />
use the international guidelines and standards developed by this Committee, as<br />
these were almost exclusively supported by the Prequalification of Medicines<br />
Programme. The Expert Committee was concerned that the number of staff<br />
working in this area was not sufficient to perform the tasks required.<br />
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