International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) Guidelines

International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) http://www.ich.org/

The International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) is a unique project that brings together the regulatory authorities of Europe, Japan and the United States and experts from the pharmaceutical industry in the three regions to discuss scientific and technical aspects of product registration. Since its inception in 1990, ICH has evolved, through its ICH Global Cooperation Group, to respond to the increasingly global face of drug development, so that the benefits of international harmonisation for better global health can be realized worldwide. ICH's mission is to achieve greater harmonisation to ensure that safe, effective, and high quality medicines are developed and registered in the most resource-efficient manner.

The ICH Guidelines are divided into four major categories and ICH Topic Codes are assigned according to these categories.

• "Quality" Topics
• "Safety" Topics
• "Efficacy" Topics
• "Multidisciplinary" Topics