 The PIC (Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention) was founded in October 1970 by the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), under the title of the "Convention for the Mutual Recognition of Inspections in Respect of the Manufacture of Pharmaceutical Products".The initial members comprised the 10 member countries of EFTA at that time.In the early 1990s it was realized that because of an incompatibility between the Convention and European law, it was not possible for new countries to be admitted as members of PIC.