During its 155th session, which took place on 21-22 June, the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) Commission elected Prof. Torbjörn Arvidsson (Sweden) and Dr Hilda Köszegi Szalai (Hungary) as its first and second Vice-chair, respectively, for a term of three years. The Commission also adopted nine new monographs and one new general chapter as well as 46 revised monographs, 15 revised general chapters and a new version of the glossary. These texts will be published in Ph. Eur. Supplement 9.2 and will come into effect on 1 July 2017.