A compendium of texts on the qualitative and quantitative composition of medicines, and on the tests to be carried out on medicines, on the raw materials used in the production of medicines and on the intermediates of synthesis.
The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM) is a directorate of the Council of Europe.
Its origins date back to 1964, when the Convention on the Elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia was adopted by the Council of Europe, with the vision of creating a common European Pharmacopoeia.