Organizations
The very first pharmaceutical commercial I ever heard was 15 seconds of the product and 45 seconds of side effects, so I know that this cannot be good for you - Al Jourgensen
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Consumer Healthcare Products Association
The Consumer Healthcare Products Association, founded in 1881, is committed to promoting the increasingly vital role of over-the-counter medicines and nutritional supplements in America's healthcare system.
OneWorld Health
The Institute for OneWorld Health will serve as a positive agent for change by saving lives, improving health, and fulfilling the promise of medicine for those most in need.
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
Provides a dynamic international forum for the exchange of knowledge among scientists to enhance their contributions to health.
American Institute of the History of Pharmacy
Advances knowledge and understanding of the place of pharmacy in history
American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Advances the discipline and practice of clinical pharmacology
Association for Clinical Data Management
ACDM provides explicit settings for the membership to develop standards within the profession. We also seek to enhance the individual skills, knowledge and professional development of our members.
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
The trade association for more than 75 companies in the UK
Biotechnology Innovation Organization
Biotechnology researchers expand the boundaries of science to benefit mankind by providing better healthcare, enhanced agriculture, and a cleaner and safer environment.
Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties
Board certification through BPS''the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties''is key to fostering pharmacists'' inevitable evolution from order-filling agents to integral members of the patient care team.
British Pharmaceutical Nutrition Group
Are you a pharmacist, pharmacy technician or scientist from a Health Service, academia or industry sector? Are parenteral and/or enteral nutrition your specialist areas of interest or a key part of your role?
Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences
Non-profit organization to foster excellence in pharmaceutical research.
Central Drug Research Institute
CDRI is considered to be a pioneer research organization in the field of biomedical research where all the infrastructure and expertise are available to develop a drug right from its concept to market.
Drug Information Association
DIA is a professional association of more than 18,000 members worldwide who are involved in the discovery, development, regulation, surveillance, or marketing of pharmaceuticals or related products.
European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
Represents the pharmaceutical industry operating in Europe.
FDA
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is aggressively improving the management of important drug safety issues. Safety has been, and continues to be, a central focus of our regulatory work.
International Conference on Harmonisation
The focus of ICH has been on the technical requirements for medicinal products containing new drugs. The vast majority of those new drugs and medicines are developed in Western Europe, Japan and the United States of America.
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations
Member companies of the IFPMA.
International Pharmaceutical Aerosol Consortium on Regulation
We are an international association of innovator and generic companies that develop, manufacture or market orally inhaled and nasal drug products for local and systemic treatment of a variety of debilitating diseases.
International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council of the Americas
We represent U.S. excipient producers and companies that use pharmaceutical-grade excipients in finished drug dosage forms and nutritional supplements.
Parenteral Drug Association
Provider of science, technology and regulatory information & education
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
The country's leading pharmaceutical research & biotechnology companies
Product Quality Research Institute
Welcome to the Product Quality Research Institute homepage with helpful information on member organizations, current and past projects, volunteer opportunities, and organizational structure.
The American Society of Pharmacognosy
Its scope includes the study of the physical, chemical, biochemical and biological properties of drugs, drug substances, or potential drugs or drug substances of natural origin as well as the search for new drugs from natural sources.
USP
USP promotes the public health by developing and disseminating quality standards and information for medicines, healthcare delivery, and related products and practices.
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