Working groups

ICH

ICH (International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use) brings the pharmaceutical industry together with regulatory authorities from Europe, Japan and the USA to discuss scientific and technical aspects of pharmaceutical product registration. The purpose of the ICH is to harmonise the tests used during the research and development of new medicines and the technical standards and requirements for product registration.

The aim of standardisation is to ensure that resources are deployed more cost-effectively and to eliminate unnecessary delays in the global development and availability of new medicines.

The harmonisation process is complex and can take several years. It covers quality, safety (the category covering animal experiments), efficacy and multidisciplinary fields.

Project name: ICH
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