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WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations 986
Prevention
Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Description
The WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations met in Geneva from 14 to 18 October 2013. Dr M.-P. Kieny, Assistant Director-General of Health Systems and Innovation at the World Health Organization (WHO), welcomed participants on behalf of the Director-General. Dr Kieny thanked the experts for their valuable contributions to the work of WHO, noting that standard-setting continues to be a pillar of WHO's activities and priorities and that the Expert Committee structure is the backbone of WHO's standardsetting process.