USP and Middle East/North Africa (MENA) Stakeholders

Second Compendial Science Meeting

Quality Standards for Medicines

Cairo, Egypt

Wednesday, December 3-Thursday, December 4

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 ~ Preliminary Agenda ~

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The Egypt-USP planning committee is pleased to present the second Compendial Science Meeting in the Middle East/North Africa Region. This meeting supports a science-based dialogue on compendial topics. For the second meeting in Egypt, topics will focus on the drug product and drug substance, both for export and in country use, relative to requirements for regulated markets (Europe and US) and less regulated markets.

Relative to these two pharmaceutical topics, the compendial topics chosen for emphasis are:

I. Drug Product Manufacturing and Control

II. Microbiology

III. Packaging

IV. Drug Product Performance

V. Drug Substance

VI. Third Party Certification

VII. Biologics and Biotechnology

A special “Hot Topics” panel discussion at the end of the meeting provides an opportunity for Egyptian attendees to dialogue with Egyptian and USP speakers on topics discussed throughout the two day meeting and also to introduce other topics of significance to the region.

The meeting is of interest to manufacturers of medicines and their ingredients, exporters and importers of bulk pharmaceuticals; regulatory scientists, representatives of national drug control laboratories, professional and academic scientists, policy makers, and other interested parties