Worldwide Organizations
The following worldwide organizations are considered to be the authorities within their specific areas of interest:
- 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)







