During its 163^rd session, held in Strasbourg on 19-20 March 2019, the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) Commission elected Prof. Torbjörn Arvidsson (Sweden) as its Chair. As the 19^th Chair of the Ph. Eur. Commission since its establishment in 1964, Prof. Arvidsson will be supported by two Vice-chairs who will be elected in June. Together they will guide the work of the Commission for a term of three years, from June 2019 to June 2022. The Ph. Eur. Commission also adopted nine new monographs and 43 revised texts (40 monographs and 3 general texts).

• More information in the press release: Outcome of the 163^rd Session of the European Pharmacopoeia Commission