The US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) will be organising a workshop on improving the quality of medicines in the Asia-Pacific region on May 26-28.

The workshop focuses on best practices for establishing and maintaining international accreditation, comprehensive methods for analysing the quality of drug samples, novel strategies and tools for increased data transparency, and information sharing with laboratories and regulatory authorities, among other aspects.

Many experts, including PV Appaji, Director-General, Pharmaceutical Export Promotions Council (Pharmexcil), and PBN Prasad, Deputy Drug Controller-General of India, Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), will participate in the workshop.

``The members of the USP Global Health Impact Programme’s Network of Official Medicines Control Laboratories (NOMCoL), Asia-Pacific chapter, will learn new and practical analytical techniques, share best practices and discuss ways to sustainably strengthen the capacity of official medicines control laboratories in the region during the workshop,’’ the USP – India said in a release.

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