Useful Links

Pharmacopeias | USA Organizations | Worldwide Organizations | Miscellaneous Links 

Many of the links below are to the various Pharmacopeias around the world that issue the industry standards for active pharmaceutical Ingredients (API’s). Also there are links to US and international government bodies that regulate the Pharmaceutical industry.

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

 

 

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/jp15e/

The International Pharmacopeia (IP) http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/pharmacopoeia/en/

 

 

USA Organizations

The following organizations are specific to the USA and considered to be the authority in their areas of interest:

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 following worldwide organizations are considered to be the authorities within their specific areas of interest:

The World Health Organisation (WHO)

The European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA)

The Medicines Control Agency (MCA)

The Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP)

The Merck Index

The Martindale Health Science Guide

PharmWeb - Pharmaceutical Information on the Internet

Pharmaceutical & Medical Abbreviations Dictionary

PharmiWeb - A Pharmaceutical Portal

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Committee

Association of European Self-Medication Industry

Belgian Association for Bioindustries

Biotechnology Industry Organisation

Clinical Research Cluster

European Association for Bioindustries

European Association of Pharma Biotechnology

European Biopharmaceutical Enterprises

European Commission - Enterprise and Industry, Pharmaceuticals

European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines Healthcare

European Federation of Biotechnology

European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations

European Generic Medicines Association

European Patent Office

European Vaccine Manufacturers

French Society of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology

International Federation for Animal Health

International Federation for Animal Health - Europe

International Pharmaceutical Federation

International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations

Metabolism and Pharmacokinetic Group

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union

Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association

World Organisation for Animal Health

World Self-Medication Industry

 

 

Miscellaneous Links

Various regulatory authorities and research-based industry representatives in the human and veterinary medicine industry.

Heads of Medecines Agencies (HMA)

International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use

International Cooperation on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Veterinary Products (VICH)