QUALITY

Anthroposophic Pharmaceutical Codex (APC) Organisation

IAAP board
appoints a project manager

APC commitee
IAAP project manager (chair) and 5-8 other experts

• Herwig Judex, chemist
• Judith Klahre Parker, pharmacist (deputy Audrey Jones, chemist)
• Andrea Kühn, pharmacist
• Monica Mennet von Eiff, pharmacist (deputy Jakob Maier, pharmacist)
• Christiaan Mol, pharmacist, chairman
• Peter Pedersen, pharmacist
• Marion Zeeck, pharmacist

Advisers
asked on request by the APC commitee

Anthroposophic Pharmaceutical Codex (APC) Standing Orders

The IAAP board is responsible for the contents and the publication of the APC. The IAAP board appoints a responsible project manager. The project manager asks 3-4 experts to join the APC commitee. The APC commitee may ask the advise from any experts. The IAAP board confirms the project manager every 3 years.

The APC commitee submits its recommendations to the IAAP board. The IAAP board adopts the recommendations or requests the commitee to review its proposals. Ideally these proposals should be the unanimous decision of the APC commitee. If no unanimous recommendation is given by the commitee, the issue is passed on to the IAAP board for final decision.

The APC commitee meets at least once a year at the Medical Section meeting in Switzerland, Dornach. The agenda is finalised at least 14 days prior to the meeting.

If the text of the APC will be amended, this will require the agreement of the members of the APC committee. 4 members should be present at least. Their decisions should be unanimous.

For a new substance to included into the lists of starting materials, the following must be available:
1. declaration, that a quality control monograph is available
2. definition of the starting material
3. reference to other existing standards, if applicable
4. brief rationale of the substance from the anthroposophic point of view.

Explanatory Notes need to be checked by 2 members of the APC Committee and reviewed by a native speaker.

The members of the APC commitee as well as the advisers, if they agree, will be mentioned in the editions of the APC.
Project manager appointed by the IAAP board 01.2009: Christiaan Mol