As announced in the press release on 6 January 2023, the Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group (PDG) held its annual autumn meeting on 18-21 October 2022. In attendance were the three established members of the PDG – the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.), the Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP) and the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) – together with the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) as pilot participant in the PDG pilot for global expansion and the World Health Organization (WHO) as an observer.