EDQM guidance on vaccines

 The EDQM is committed to supporting competent authorities, manufacturers and developers of medicines, including vaccines, and health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic – as well as contributing to the wider global effort to combat the virus – by openly sharing knowledge and offering 

 

 free access to relevant standards and guidance.

Details of EDQM initiatives concerning COVID-19 vaccines and therapies can be found below.

·       Vaccine guidance, quality standards, OCABR guidelines and training

·       Antiviral medicines: supportive pharmacopoeial texts available for free

·       CEP fast-track procedure

·       Paediatric formulations

·       Illegal and falsified medical products and illegal online pharmacies

·       Advice to the public on illegal and falsified medical products

·       Blood transfusion and organ, tissue and cell transplantation

 

Posted by Dr. Tim Sandle, Pharmaceutical Microbiology Resources (http://www.pharmamicroresources.com/)