European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Healthcare (CoE EDQM)

The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare is a Directorate of the Council of Europe located in Strasbourg.

Our mission is to contribute to the basic human right of access to good quality medicines and healthcare, and to promote and protect human and animal health by:

-Establishing and providing official standards which apply to the manufacture and quality control of medicines in all the signatory states of the Convention for the elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia and beyond,

-Ensuring the application of these official standards to substances used for the production of medicines,

-Co-ordinating a network of Official Medicines Control Laboratories to collaborate and share expertise between Member States and effectively use limited resources,

-Establishing ethical and quality standards for the collection, storage and use of blood components relevant to blood transfusion and for organ transplantation, including tissues and cells,

-Collaborating with national and international organisations in efforts to eliminate illegal and counterfeit medicinal and medical products,

-Providing policies and model approaches for the safe use of medicines in Europe, including guidelines on pharmaceutical care.