Mr Michiharu Abe, Deputy Director, Medical Economics Division, Health Insurance Bureau, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan

Mr S.E. Agboifo, Edo Welfare Chemists Ltd, Benin City, Nigeria (Rapporteur)

Dr Prem K. Gupta, Drugs Controller (India), Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India (Chairman)

Professor Harkishan Singh, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjap University, Chandigarh, India

Mrs Preeya Kashemsant, Director-General, Department of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Dra Erni P. Kolopaking, Department of Pharmacy, Dr Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia

Professor L. Krowczynski, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nicholas Copernicus Medical Academy in Cracow, Cracow, Poland (Vice-Chairman)

Mrs A. Ouahchi-Bencherifa, Président du Conseil de l’Ordre des Pharmaciens de Tunisie, Tunis, Tunisia

Dr P.R. Pabrai, Director (Retired), Central Indian Pharmacopoeia Laboratory, New Delhi, India

Dr K.K. Raditapole, Managing Director, Materia Medica (Pvt) Ltd, Teyateyaneng, Lesotho

Dr J. Ruiz-Davila, Dean, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, National University of Trujillo, Trujillo, Peru

Professor C. Souleau, Doyen, Faculté des Sciences pharmaceutiques et biologiques, Université de Paris-Sud, Chatenay-Malabry, France

Professor Sun Nan, Vice-President, Chinese Pharmaceutical Association, Director, Chinese Society of Traditional and Natural Drugs, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, Peoples’s Republic of China (WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine).

Representatives of other organizations

International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)

Mr J.M.H.A. Martens, Secretary-General, International Pharmaceutical Federation, The Hague, Netherlands

International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA)

Mr Yeap Boon Chye, Executive Director, Malaysian Pharmaceutical Trade and Manufacturers Association (MPTMA), Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association (CPA)

Dr J.N. Banerjee, Cumballa Hill, Bombay, India

Mr R. Dickinson, Secretary, Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association (CPA), London, England

Secretariat

Mr Abdel Aziz Saleh, Alexandria, Egypt, (Temporary Adviser)

Dr B.B. Gaitonde, New Delhi, India, (Temporary Adviser)

Dr J. Gallagher, Geneva, Switzerland, (Temporary Adviser)

Mrs M. Helling-Borda, (Co-Secretary), Senior Scientist, Action Programme on Essential Drugs, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

Dr S. Kopp-Kubel, Associate Professional Officer, Pharmaceuticals, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

Mr N.P.H. Milner, Director, Support Services, WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India

Dr K. Sharma, Acting Regional Adviser (DTT), WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India

Ms Birna Trap, Associate Professional Officer (DTT), WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India

Ms A. Wehrli, (Co-Secretary), Senior Pharmaceutical Officer, Pharmaceuticals, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland