Links

International bodies and societies

CIOMS
Council for International Organizations of Medical Science
http://www.cioms.ch/

DIA
Drug Information Association
http://www.diahome.org

EFPIA
European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries Associations
http://www.efpia.org

EFSA
European Food Safety Authority
http://www.efsa.eu.int/

In close collaboration with national authorities and in open consultation with its stakeholders, EFSA provides independent scientific advice and clear communication on existing and emerging risks regarding food and feed safety.

EMEA
European Medicines Evaluation Agency
http://www.emea.europa.eu/

FDA
Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/

entry to FDA guidelines on policy, procedures etc.

HMA
Heads of Medicines Agencies
http://www.hma.eu/

common website for the human and veterinary medicines authorities in Europe

ICH
International Conference on Harmonisation
http://www.ICH.org/

web site for ICH; synopsis of ICH guidelines and topics.

IFAPP
International Federation of Associations of Pharmaceutical Physicians
http://www.ifapp.org

ISO
International Organization for Standardization
http://www.ICH.org/

OECD
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development
http://www.oecd.org/ehs/

RAPS
Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society Europe
www.raps.org

WHO
World Health Organisation
http://www.who.int/

World Health Organisation, headquarter home page
Regional Office for Europe
http://www.who.ch/
http://www.who.dk

WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring Uppsala, Sweden
http://www.who-umc.org

WMA
World Medical Association Inc.
(Declaration of Helsinki)
http://www.wma.net


Schools and bodies providing postgraduate training for pharmaceutical physicians

ACRP
Association of Clinical Research Professionals
www.acrpnet.org

Cardiff University, BrAPP course
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/phrmy/degreeprogrammes/postgraduate/pharmaceuticalmedicine/index.html
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/pharmy/index 

DGPM
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pharmazeutische Medizin
(former FÄPI, Fachgesellschaft der Ärzte in der Pharmazeutischen Industrie)
www.dgpharmed.de

ECPM
European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine
http://www.ecpm.ch/ 

GPM
Gesellschaft für Pharmazeutische Medizin e.V.
http://www.gpmed.at

homepage of the Society for Pharmaceutical Medicine (Austria)

MEGRA
Mitteleuropäische Gesellschaft für Regulatory Affairs e.V.
http://megra.org

SGPM/SwAPP
Schweiziersche Gesellschaft für Pharmazeutische Medizin
www.sgpm.ch and www.swapp.ch

ULB
Université Libre de Bruxelles/Vrije Universiteit Brussel
http://medinfo.ulb.ac.be/pharmed


Medical websites, dictionaries, codes and other science oriented web sites

http://invention.swmed.edu/argh
acronyms and abbreviations; world’s largest and most comprehensive catalogue of biomedical acronyms and abbreviations with nearly 260,000 entries;

http://www.pharma-lexicon.com
acronyms and abbreviations; contains around 200.000 abbreviations and acronyms, but also links to search engines like allhealthnet.com, web sides of pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, professional associations, health ministries, directories, journals, and consulting companies with e-mail, fax- and phone numbers or other useful information.

http://www.infobiogen.fr/services/chromcancer/index.html
atlas on chromosomes involved in cancer;

http://www.reviewscience.com
antimicrobial database about antimicrobial activities of pharmaceutical drugs and of compounds occurring in nature; AMICBASE(-EssOil) displays the antimicrobial spectra of drugs, antibiotics, compounds produced by higher plants etc.

http://www.madgc.org
autoimmune diseases; website maintained by a group of leading genetic researchers who have joined efforts to identify and understand the genes that autoimmune diseases have in common;

http://www.dimdi.de/germ/klassi/icdg/fr-icdg.htm
classification of diseases (ICD); website of DIMDI (Deutsches Insitut für Medizinische Dokumentation und Information) with access to the International Classification of Diseases ICD-10 (in German) and all older versions of the ICD (downloadable);

http://www.cochrane.org
The Cochrane Collaboration, an international not-for-profit organization, providing up-to-date information about the effects of health care;

http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/Health_Information/IBIDS.aspx
dietary supplements data base; over 700,000 citations on dietary supplements; source of information on vitamin, mineral, phytochemical, botanical, and herbal supplements in human nutrition;

http://afen.onelook.com
dictionary; 13,090,565 words in 1100 dictionaries indexed, including special medical terms, glossary of oncology terms, etc.

http://www.yourdictionary.com
dictionary with definitions, thesaurus entries, spelling, pronunciation, and etymology results; one can browse the English dictionary alphabetically or by related terms to find meanings and synonyms. In addition, YourDictionary provides resources to find the best dictionary and translation sites for French, Spanish, Italian, German and hundreds of other languages; about every language on the world can be found here, from Bengali to Lithuanian; the site includes both language and specialised dictionaries (medicine, law etc.) and 96 grammars;

http://www.hyperdictionary.com/medical/
Medical Dictionary providing explanations of various medical terms and diseases.

http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary/
Dictionary of Cancer Terms; contains more than 4,000 terms related to cancer and medicine

http://www.virtualhealthlibrary.org/php/index.php?lang=en
homepage of the Virtual Health Library; provides access to databases of Medline, Cochrane etc.

http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/
Merck Manual; searchable access to The Merck Manual with a lot of information such as normal laboratory values, disease,

http://rxlist.com
medicinal products; a very complete searchable crossindex of almost 5,000 US prescription products, OTCs and nurtraceuticals; permits fuzzy search for generic or brand name drug but also for NDC code search and medical abbreviations.

http://www.hardlink.com/~tsute/bacteria/index.html
microbiology; information on many aspects of microbiology incl. bacterial genera

http://www.bacterio.cict.fr
microbiology; list of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature (LPSN); hyperlinked information such as descriptions of a particular species/genus and references;

http://www.oecd.org/
OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

http://www.lenntech.com/periodic-chart.htm
periodic table – chart of all chemical elements;

http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/Mall/4992/medmain.html
plants; information on the medicinal use of millions of plants of North America;

http://www.mhc.com/Cytochromes/Links.HTML
P450 and P-glycoprotein Drug Interactions Web Sites;

http://medicine.iupui.edu/flockhart/
P450 Drug Interactions table;

http://www.rarediseases.org
website of the National Organisation for Rare Disorders (NORD) with information on 1,150 diseases that can be accessed in a free or subscription version;

http://medicine.wustl.edu/%7Evirology
viruses; information on viruses, incl. structure and biology;


IMPORTANT GUIDELINES

–  Code of Federal Regulations
    http://www.gpoaccess.gov/CFR/

European Clinical Trials Directive
Directive 2001/20/EC
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/pharmacos/dir 200120ec.htm

–  Declaration of Helsinki
    http://www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.htm

–  Common Toxicity Criteria
    http://ctep.cancer.gov/reporting/ctc.htm

–  Drug Development and Drug Interactions
    http://ctep.cancer.gov/reporting/ctc.html

–  Common Technical Document
    http://www.ich.org/cache/compo/1325-272-1.html

–                http://www.fda.gov/cber/gollns/m4ctd.pdf