Upcoming meetings and conferences

- The future face of the European Pharmacopoeia: current concerns inpharmaceutical analysis, February 8-9 at Cannes Mandelieu, France. Phone the Council of Europe's Directorate for the Quality of Medicines on: +33(0)38841 2815; fax: +33(0)38841 2771; e-mail: info@pheur.org; web site: www.pheur.org;

- The Economist's annual pharmaceuticals conference will be held February 13-14 in London, UK, on the theme: Adding value through new technologies. Phone: +44 (0)20 7830 1270; fax: +44 (0)20 7931 0228; e-mail: economistconf@economist.com; or web site: www.economistconferences.com;

- Direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical marketing: reshaping the European health care market, February 14-15, London. Douval Thompson-Davis at Access Conferences Intl, phone: +44 (0)20 7840 2700; fax: +44 (0)20 7840 2701; e-mail: douval@access-conf.com; web site: www.access-conf.com/PM104;