IPEC Europe is the association that brings together producers, distributors and users of pharmaceutical excipients. IPEC Europe counts more than 70 member companies.

Committees

Quality and Regulatory Affairs Committee (QRAC)

The Quality and Regulatory Affairs Committee provides a forum for members to enable discussion on relevant topics and to share best practices as they relate to various stakeholders in the pharmaceutical arena, ie makers, users and distributors of excipients.  The committee operates by:

  • Monitoring proposals by the regulatory agencies to amend legislation in our region
  • Providing consolidated feedback to those regulatory agencies
  • Monitoring trends within the pharmaceutical industry which potentially impact excipients, such as Quality by Design and the Paediatric Initiative
  • Developing and issuing position papers on relevant topics
  • Developing and promoting guidance documentation to assist both the members and outside interested parties
  • Working with other members of the IPEC organisation to achieve a global position on selected issues, such as cGMP.

Good Distribution Practices (GDP) Committee

The mission of the Good Distribution Practices Committee is to contribute to drug safety by focussing on supply chain-related aspects of pharmaceutical excipients. In order to enhance excipient quality throughout the entire distribution chain from the original manufacturer onwards, the key objectives of the Committee are to:

  • Raise awareness of the need for Good Practices in the distribution chain
  • Contribute to the development of IPEC guides and documents
  • Act as a focal point for IPEC members' supply chain related topics (information and discussion with membership) 
  • Provide and communicate relevant information to the IPEC membership
  • Monitor and influence supply chain related activities from outside of IPEC
  • Interact with other associations and stakeholders (e.g. WHO)
  • Contribute to international harmonisation of Good Distribution Practices

Event Committee

The mission of the Event Committee is to contribute each year to the programme of the IPEC Europe Excipients Forum and other events such as webinars. Members with fresh ideas, creativity and contacts are welcome to join the Committee.

For further information, please contact the IPEC Europe Secretariat.

Compendial Convergence Committee (CCC)

Reactivated in 2023, the aim of the CCC is to:

  • Make IPEC Europe’s Compendial Compliance Committee functional and effective with clear delineation with other Committees and Task Forces
  • Restablish a direct relationship between the Compendial Compliance Committee (CCC) with EDQM through a robust agenda of topics relevant to IPEC Europe’s members, and
  • Design a process to monitor the (European) compendial environment and direct Compendial Compliance Committee’s activities