VICH - News & Meetings

Dates of next meetings

Dates of next meetings
Press releases / past meetings
VICH Statements

Next meetings of Steering Committee

21st SC meeting on July 8 & 9, 2008 in Paris (hosted by OIE)
22nd SC meeting during the last week of February 2009 in Canada

Schedule of VICH experts groups meetings

Anthelmintics

	1st meeting	April 28-29, 1997, London	Written approval (Feb. 97)
	2nd meeting	September 28 - 30, 1997, Bethesda	Approved (2nd VICH SC)
	3rd meeting	July 11, 1998, Australia Changed to August 26-28, 1998, Tokyo	Approved (3rd VICH SC)
	4th meeting	August 11-13, 1999, Ghent	Approved (4th VICH SC)
	5th meeting	Mid 2000, Australia Postponed to January 5-7, 2001, Australia	Approved (6th VICH SC)
		No further meeting

Antimicrobial Resistance

	1st meeting	May 10-11, 2000, London, Europe	Approved (6th VICH SC)
	2nd meeting	October 12-13, 2000, USA	Approved (7th VICH SC)
	3rd meeting	May 9-10, 2001, Tokyo, Japan	Approved (8th VICH SC)
	4th meeting	September 25-26, 2003, London, Europe	Approved (12th VICH SC)
		No further meeting

Biologicals

	1st meeting	February 24-26, 1999, Tokyo, Japan	Approved (4th VICH SC)
	2nd meeting	November 14-16, 1999, Brussels, Europe	Approved (5th VICH SC)
	3rd meeting	July 11-14, 2000, Ames, USA	Approved (6th VICH SC)
	4th meeting	May 28-June 1, 2001, Tokyo, Japan	Approved (8th VICH SC)
	5th meeting	October 15, 2001, Strasbourg, Europe	Approved (9th VICH SC)
	6th meeting	October 2002, Tokyo, Japan	Approved (10th VICH SC)
	7th meeting	March 10-14, 2003, Washington, USA	Approved (11th VICH SC)
	8th meeting	September 2-4, 2003, Strasbourg, Europe	Approved (11th VICH SC)
	9th meeting	On hold

Ecotoxicity

	1st meeting	March 3-5, 1997, Washington, USA	Written approval (Feb. 97)
	2nd meeting	September 1-3, 1997, London, Europe	Approved (2nd VICH SC)
	3rd meeting	May 11, 1998, Tokyo, Japan Changed to August 31- September 3, 1998	Approved (3rd VICH SC)
	4th meeting	November 12-16, 1999, Brussels, Europe	Approved (4th & 5th VICH SC)
	5th meeting	November 6-9, 2000, Washington, USA	Approved (6th VICH SC)
	6th meeting	May 15-18, 2001, Tokyo, Japan	Approved (7th VICH SC)
	7th meeting	October 6-9, 2002, Japan	Approved (8th VICH SC)
	8th meeting	July 22-25, 2003, Bilthoven, The Nederlands	Approved (11th VICH SC)
	9th meeting	September 6-10, 2004, USA	Approved (14th VICH SC)

GCP

	1st meeting	May 6-8, 1997, Brussels, Europe	Written approval (Feb. 97)
	2nd meeting	March 9-12, 1998, Washington, USA	Approved (3rd VICH SC)
	3rd meeting	November 15-16,1999, Brussels, Europe	Approved ( 5th VICH SC)
		No further meeting proposed

Pharmacovigilance

	1st meeting	March 23-24, 1999, Washington, USA	Approved (4th VICH SC)
	2nd meeting	November 15-16, 1999, Brussels, Europe	Approved (5th VICH SC)
	3rd meeting	April 3-6, 2000, Tokyo, Japan	Approved (6th VICH SC)
	4th meeting	May 7-11, 2001, USA	Approved (8th VICH SC)
	5th meeting	April 17-19, 2002, London, Europe	Approved at (9th VICH SC)
	6th meeting	October 8-9, 2002, Tokyo, Japan	Approved (10th VICH SC)
	7th meeting	October 13-17, 2003, Washington, USA	Approved (12th VICH SC)
	8th meeting	On hold	Progress through electronic discussion (14th VICH SC)
	9th meeting	October 3-5, 2005, London, Europe	Approved (16th VICH SC)
	10th meeting	May 15-19, 2006, Tokyo	Approved by written procedure (after 17th VICH SC)
	11th meeting	September 17-21, 2007	Approved (18th VICH SC)

Quality

	1st meeting	March 11-12, 1997, Tokyo, Japan	Written approval (Feb. 97)
	2nd meeting	September 29-30, 1997, London, Europe	Approved (2nd VICH SC)
	3rd meeting	July 13 - 14, 1998, Washington, USA	Approved (3rd VICH SC)
	4th meeting	April 27-28, 1999, Tokyo, Japan	Approved (4th VICH SC)
	5th meeting	On hold until 12th SC meeting	Decided at 11th SC
	6th meeting	On hold	Progress through electronic discussion (14th VICH SC)
	7th meeting	May 2005 (before the VICH3 conference), Washington DC, USA	Approved (15th VICH SC)

Safety (& task force)

	1st meeting	April 8-10, 1997, Rockville, USA	Written approval (Feb. 97)
	2nd meeting	April 26-28, 1999, London, Europe	Written approval (Feb. 99)
	3rd meeting	November 12-16, 1999, Brussels, Europe	Approved (5th VICH SC)
	4th meeting	April 12, 2000, Japan	Approved (6th VICH SC)
	5th meeting	November 14-16, 2000, USA	Approved (6th VICH SC)
	6th meeting	May 21-23, 2001, London, Europe	Approved (8th VICH SC)
	7th meeting	October 2-4, 2001, Tokyo, Japan	Approved (9th VICH SC)
	8th meeting	August 2002, USA	Approved (10th VICH SC)
	9th meeting	October 7-8, 2002, Japan	Approved (10th VICH SC)
	10th meeting	April 28-30, 2003, Brussels	Approved (11th VICH SC)
	11th meeting	March 3-5, 2004, Williamsburg, VA	Approved (12th VICH SC)
	1st TF	July 2000,
	2nd TF	May 14-18, 2001, Brussels, Europe	Approved (8th VICH SC)
	3rd TF	October 9-11, 2001, Tokyo, Japan	Approved (9th VICH SC)
	4th TF	September 2002, USA	Approved (9th VICH SC)
		No further meeting requested
	Special meeting	January 2003, London, Europe	Approved (11th VICH SC)
		No further meeting

Target Animal Safety

	1st meeting	November 14-16, 2000, Japan	Approved (7th VICH SC)
	2nd meeting	May 15-17, 2001, Berlin, Europe	Approved (8th VICH SC)
	3rd meeting	October 30 - November 1, 2001, USA	Approved (9th VICH SC)
	4th meeting	October 7-9, 2002, Tokyo, Japan	Approved (10th VICH SC)
	5th meeting	March 3-5, 2003, Strasbourg, Europe	Approved (11th VICH SC)
	6th meeting	September 9-12, 2003, USA - postponed	Approved (12th VICH SC)
	6th meeting	Spring 2004, USA	Approved (13th VICH SC)
	7th meeting	September 21-24, 2004, Japan	Approved (14th VICH SC)
	8th meeting	May 21-23, 2005, Washington DC, USA	Approved (15th VICH SC)
		Progress by written procedure (17th VICH SC)
	9th meeting	June 4-5, 2007, France	Approved by SC

Metabolism and Residue Kinetics

	1st meeting	Spring 2006, Europe	Approved (17th VICH SC)
	2st meeting	October 15-17, 2007 (meeting venue tbc)