Comp Authorities

Question 1

How many members are there in the HPRA?

Answer 1

The Board of the HPRA hasnine members who areappointed by the Minister for Health & Children

Question 2

How many advisory committees are there in the HPRA?

Answer 2

3

Question 3

Who is the Advisory Committee for Human Medicines appointed by?

Answer 3

…

Question 4

How are human medicines identified?

Answer 4

By …

Question 5

What does OMCL stand for?

Answer 5

Official Medicines Control Laboratories (OMCL)

Question 6

What does the OMCL do?

Answer 6

co-ordinating a network of Official Medicines Control Laboratories (OMCL) to collaborate and share expertise among Member States and to effectively use limited resources

Question 7

What is the EDQM headed by?

Answer 7

A director

Question 8

How many staff and nationalities does the EDQM have?

Answer 8

260 staff, 25 nationalities

Question 9

Where are the headquarters for the EDQM?

Answer 9

Strasbourg

Question 10

What is the EDQM a directorate for?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

4 roles of the EDQM?

Answer 11

• technical secretariat of the European Pharmacopoeia Commission,
• publication and distribution of all EDQM publications, including the European Pharmacopoeia,
• preparation and distribution of Chemical Reference Standards and Biological Reference Preparations
• The EDQM can supply reference substances and preparations of chemical or biological origin as well as reference spectra for the tests and assays to be carried out in the accordance with the official methods of the European Pharmacopoeia.