TY - BOOK TI - WHO Expert Committee on specifications for pharmaceutical preparations : forty-fourth report T2 - WHO Technical Report Series SN - 9789241209571 AV - RS 51 .W67 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Geneva PB - World Health Organization KW - PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS -- STANDARDS KW - TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICALS -- STANDARDS KW - DRUG INDUSTRY -- LEGISLATION KW - QUALITY CONTROL N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction -- General policy -- International collaboration -- Cross-cutting issues in pharmaceuticals -- Quality control : specifications and tests -- Quality control: international reference materials (International Chemical Reference Substances and International Infrared Reference Spectra) -- Quality control: National laboratories -- Quality assurance: good manufacturing practices -- Quality assurance: new approaches and risk analysis -- Quality assurance: distribution and trade of pharmaceuticals -- Prequalification of priority essential medicines -- Nomenclature, terminology and databases -- Miscellaneous -- Summary and recommendations -- Annexes ER -