International Symposium on Advances in Pharmaceutical Analysis (APA) is an international symposium on pharmaceutical analysis and related technologies. It was first held at Wuhan University in 2017, and has since been hosted by University of Lille, France in 2018, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China in 2019, University of Lorraine, France in 2022, Tsinghua University, China in 2023, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland in 2024, Ankara University, Turkey in 2025. The 8th APA will be held at Wuhan Textile University, in Wuhan, China, on November 5-7, 2026.

The theme of APA 2026 is Beneficial Collaboration and Innovative Advancement. The scope of the symposium covers all aspects of pharmaceutical analysis including new analytical technologies, instrumentation and separation media, mass spectrometry, pharmaceutical quality control and drug safety, all modes of chromatography and electro-driven separation techniques. APA offers plenary and keynote presentations on cutting-edge topics by internationally renowned scholars of the field, followed by contributed talks and poster presentations to stimulate interdisciplinary discussion on new technologies, new equipment and new applications, and to promote beneficial cooperation and the innovative development of pharmaceutical analysis.