Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group (joint with RPS)

The Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group was formed in 1970 as a joint venture of the (then) Pharmaceutical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry and the Society for Analytical Chemistry. Their respective successor bodies - the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry - are the present sponsors of the Group, providing financial support, administrative help and nominees for the Group's committee of management.

Mission Statement

The remit of JPAG is to "encourage, assist and extend the knowledge and study of pharmaceutical analysis and quality control by the holding of scientific meetings, the promotion of lectures, practical demonstrations and discussions, or by any means consistent with the objectives of the sponsoring bodies and the rules of the Group".

JPAG has close contact with industry, academia, NHS and regulatory and enforcement sectors, which enables it to be the primary focus in the UK for the presentation and discussion of matters of importance to everyone with an interest in any aspect of pharmaceutical analysis.

The Group organises at least five meetings a year addressing all aspects of pharmaceutical analysis and many related facets of medicines control and registration - meetings are regularly advertised by e mail.
The work of the Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group is overseen by the JPAG Committee of Management.