International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use
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The International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) is a unique project that brings together the regulatory authorities of Europe, Japan and the United States and experts from the pharmaceutical industry in the three regions to discuss scientific and technical aspects of product registration.

The purpose is to make recommendations on ways to achieve greater harmonisation in the interpretation and application of technical guidelines and requirements for product registration in order to reduce or obviate the need to duplicate the testing carried out during the research and development of new medicines. The objective of such harmonisation is a more economical use of human, animal and material resources, and the elimination of unnecessary delay in the global development and availability of new medicines whilst maintaining safeguards on quality, safety and efficacy, and regulatory obligations to protect public health. This Mission is embodied in the Terms of Reference of ICH.

		Structure of ICH
		ICH Steering Committee and Expert Working Groups
		ICH Process for Harmonisation of Guidelines
		ICH Topics and Guidelines
		ICH 4 : Closing Report of the ICH4 Meeting in Brussels, 16-18 July 1997
		ICH News  MSSO Appointed for MedDRA
		The History and Future of ICH

The ICH Secretariat can be contacted on ich@ifpma.org.

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