Links

• World Health Organization : WHO
• Regulatory Authorities
• Other organizations in the field
• Sweden, Uppsala

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World Health Organization : WHO

WHO Headquarters main website

· Quality, safety, efficacy of medicines
· Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS)
· Patient Safety

• WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety Solutions

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Regulatory Authorities

• Algeria (Laboratoire National de Contrôle des Produits Pharmaceutiques)
• Argentina ANMAT (Administración Nacional de Medicamentos, Alimentos y Tecnología Médica)
• Armenia Department of Rational Use of Drugs and ADR Monitoring
• Australia Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
• Austria Austrian Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (AGES PharmMed)
• Azerbaijan Analytical Expertise Center for Medicines (AECCFM), Azerbaijan
• Belgium Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (CBPH) 
• Brazil CEATOX (Centro de Assistência Toxicológica do Instituto da Criança)
• Brazil ANVISA (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária)
• Bulgaria The Bulgarian Drug Agency
• Canada Health Canada · Santé Canada
• Chile Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile
• China National Center for ADR Monitoring
• Croatia Croatian Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices
• Cuba National Coordinating Unit of Pharmacovigilance
• Cyprus Ministry of Health, Pharmaceutical Services
• Czech Republic State Institute for Drug Control
• Denmark Danish Medicines Agency
• Egypt Egyptian Drug Authority, Safety & Quality
• El Salvador Ministerio de Salud
• Estonia State Agency of Medicines
• Ethiopia Drug Administration and Control Authority of Ethiopia
• European Medicines Agency
• Finland Finnish Medicines Agency - Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus
• France Unité de Pharmacovigilance, Agence de Médicament
• Germany Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
• Greece Adverse Drug Reactions Section, National Organization for Medicines
• Guatemala Pharmacovigilance Team, Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance
• Hungary National Institute of Pharmacy
• Iceland The Icelandic Medicines Control Agency
• India Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation
• Indonesia National Agency of Drug and Food Control
• Ireland Irish Medicines Board
• Italy Ministero della Salute
• Japan National Institute of Health Sciences
• Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board
• Republic of Korea Korea Food and Drug Administration, Pharmaceutical Safety Bureau
• Kyrgyzstan The Kyrgyz Republic, pharmacovigilance
• Latvia Ministry of Health
• Leichtenstein Amt für Gesundheit
• Lithuania State Medicines Control Agency
• Luxembourg Ministère de la Santé
• Malaysia Adverse Reactions Advisory Committee (MADRAC)
• Malta Medicines Authority - Pharmacovigilance
• Mexico Centro Nacional de Farmacovigilancia
• Republic of Moldova Medicines Agency of the Republic of Moldova
• Montenegro Pharmacovigilance Unit, Montenegro
• Morocco Centre AntiPoison et de Pharmacovigilance du Maroc 
• Namibia Medicines Regulatory Council
• Nepal Government of Nepal Department of Drug Administration
• Netherlands Stichting Landelijke Registratie Bijwerkingen (LAREB)
• Netherlands Medicines Evaluation Board
• New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority
• Nigeria National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control
• Norway Norwegian Medicines Control Authority
• Peru Centro Nacional de Farmacovigilancia
• the Philippines Bureau of Food and Drugs, Department of Health
• Poland Pharmacoepidemiology Centre
• Portugal National Institute of Pharmacy and Medicines
• Romania National Medicines Agency
• Saudi Arabia Food and Drug Authority
• Serbia Institute of Pharmacy of Serbia
• Singapore Health Sciences Authority
• Slovak Republic State Institute for Drug Control (SIDC)
• South Africa Medicines Control Council
• Spain Spanish Medicines and Health Products Agency
• Sweden Medical Products Agency
• Switzerland Swissmedic - Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products
• United Republic of Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority
• Thailand Drug Information Center and NADRM, Techn Division
• Turkey Turkish Pharmacovigilance Center (TUFAM) 
• Uganda National Drug Authority
• Ukraine State Pharmacological Center
• United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Uruguay Depto de Toxicologia, Hospital de Clínicas
• U.S.A. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Venezuela Centro Nacional de Vigilancia Farmacológica

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Other organizations in the field

• Drug Infonet
• Drug Information Association (DIA)
• E/S/C/O/P - European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy
• ICD-9-CM ordering information from NTIS
• ICD-10 information
• ICH - International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use
• Integrated Personalised Medicines (IPERMED)
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices
• ISoP - International Society of Pharmacovigilance
• ISPE - International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology
• Italian Society of Pharmacology (in Italian)
• Monitoring Medicines - EU-funded project 

Sweden, Uppsala

• Uppsala tourist information (language choice in top left corner)
• Information about Sweden - SWEDEN.SE, administered by the Swedish Institute