WHO Expert committee on specifications for pharmaceutical preparations : forty-ninth report.

1. Introduction -- 2. General policy -- 3. Quality control - specifications and tests -- 4. Quality control - international reference materials (International Chemical Reference Substances and Infrared Reference Spectra) -- 5. Quality control - national laboratories -- 6. Quality assurance - good manufacturing practices -- 7. Quality assurance - new initiatives -- 8. Quality assurance - distribution and trade of pharmaceuticals -- 9. Prequalification of priority essential medicines -- 10. Prequalification of active pharmaceutical ingredients -- 11. Prequalification of quality control laboratories -- 12. Regulatory guidance -- 13. Nomenclature, terminology and databases -- 14. Miscellaneous -- 15. Summary and recommendations.

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