European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and Health Care (EDQM)

The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and HealthCare occupies a specialized facility at seven allée Kastner in Strasbourg. This agency functions as a directorate of the Council of Europe, tasked with the mission of protecting public health through the harmonization of quality standards for medicinal products. Its presence here is rooted in the nineteen sixty-four Convention on the Elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia, an international treaty that established a common legal and scientific framework for the testing and manufacture of medicines.