Links

The links below have been compiled specifically for your convenience, you will find links to the various Pharmacopeias around the world that issue the industry standards for active pharmaceutical Ingredients (API’s) and you will also find links to US and international government bodies that regulate the Pharmaceutical industry.

Please also feel free to contact us if you need any assistance with contacting any of these institutions and agencies and we will do our best to support you.

Useful Links:

• Heads of Medecines Agencies (HMA)
• International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH)
• International Cooperation on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Veterinary Products (VICH)
• State Food and Drug Administration, P.R. China (SFDA)

Pharmacopeias:

• The US Pharmacopeia (USP) http://www.usp.org/
• The British Pharmacopeia (BP) http://www.pharmacopoeia.org.uk/
• The European Pharmacopeia (Ph.Eur.) http://www.pheur.org/
• The Japanese Pharmacopeia (JP) http://jpdb.nihs.go.jp/jp14e/
• The International Pharmacopeia (IP) http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/pharmacopoeia/en/

USA Organizations:

• The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) http://www.fda.gov/
• The US FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research http://www.fda.gov/cder/
• The US FDA Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) Regulations http://www.fda.gov/cder/dmpq/
• The US FDA Critical Path Initiative (FDA CPI) http://www.fda.gov/ScienceResearch/SpecialTopics/CriticalPathInitiative/default.htm
• The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/
• The US Department of Health & Human Services http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
• The US National Institute of Health (NIH) http://www.nih.gov/
• The US National Library of Medicine (NLM) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

Worldwide Organizations:

• The World Health Organisation (WHO) http://www.who.int/en/
• The European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) http://www.emea.eu.int/
• The Medicines Control Agency (MCA) http://www.mca.gov.uk/
• The Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) http://www.cgmp.com/
• The Merck Index http://www.merck.com/pubs/mindex/
• The Martindale Health Science Guide http://sun2.lib.uci.edu/HSG/HSGuide.html
• PharmWeb - Pharmaceutical Information on the Internet http://www.pharmweb.net/
• Pharmaceutical & Medical Abbreviations Dictionary http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/
• PharmiWeb - A Pharmaceutical Portal http://www.pharmiweb.com/
• Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Committee (APIC)
• Association of European Self-Medication Industry (AESGP)
• Belgian Association for Bioindustries (BIO.BE)
• Biotechnology Industry Organisation (BIO)
• Clinical Research Cluster (ARESA)
• European Association for Bioindustries (EuropaBio)
• European Association of Pharma Biotechnology (EAPB)
• European Biopharmaceutical Enterprises (EBE)
• European Commission - Enterprise and Industry, Pharmaceuticals (ECDG)
• European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines Healthcare (EDQM)
• European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB)
• European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
• European Generic Medicines Association (EGA)
• European Patent Office (EPO)
• European Vaccine Manufacturers (EVM)
• French Society of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology (SFSTP)
• International Federation for Animal Health (IFAH)
• International Federation for Animal Health - Europe (IFAH-Europe)
• International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
• International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA)
• Metabolism and Pharmacokinetic Group (GMP)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU)
• Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA)
• World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
• World Self-Medication Industry (WSMI)