9. Quality assurance--distribution and trade of pharmaceuticals.(WHO EXPERT COMMITTEE ON SPECIFICATIONS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS)

WHO Certification Scheme on the Quality of Pharmaceutical Products Moving in International Commerce

The WHO Certification Scheme for finished pharmaceutical products was an international voluntary agreement to provide assurance to countries participating in the Scheme, about the quality of pharmaceutical products moving in international commerce (World Health Assembly resolutions WHA22.50 (1969), WHA28.65 (1975), WHA41.18 (1988), WHA45.29 (1992) and WHA50.3 (1997)). The primary document of the Scheme was the Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product (CPP).

The Expert Committee discussed the report of the consultation on the WHO Certification Scheme on the Quality of Pharmaceutical Products Moving in International Commerce which was held from 22 to 24 July 2008. The consultation was held further to a recommendation made by the Expert Committee at its forty-second meeting based on the changing …