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All sites are 'English only' unless otherwise indicated.

Licensing, Patents and Business Development

• Canadian Intellectual Property Office
  * Registration and dissemination of patent and trademark information   Français

   

• FDA Orange Book
  * U.S. approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations

   

• Informa Healthcare
  * Provider of business information for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, diagnostic, agriculture and brewing industries

   

• Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial - IMPI (Mexican Patent & Trademark Office)
  * Registration and dissemination of patent and trademark information   Español only

   

• Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial - INPI (Argentinian Patent & Trademark Office)
  * Registration and dissemination of patent and trademark information   Español only

   

• Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial - INPI (Brazilian Patent & Trademark Office)
  * Registration and dissemination of patent and trademark information   Português only

   

• International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA)
  * Organization representing national industry associations and research-based pharmaceutical, biotech and vaccine companies

   

• Pharmaceutical Research Manufacturers Association (PhRMA)
  * Policy advocate for major U.S. pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies

   

• United States Patent & Trademark Office
  * Registration and dissemination of patent and trademark information

Regulatory Affairs

• Administración Nacional de Medicamentos, Alimentos y Tecnología Médica - ANMAT (Argentinian Health Regulatory Agency) *   Español only

   

• Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária - ANVISA (Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency)
  * Regulatory agency that protects health by exercising sanitary control over production and marketing of products and services   Português   Español

   

• Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
  * The world's largest collection of chemical substance information

   

• Drug Information Association (DIA)
  * Industry and regulatory information, career and professional development resources and professional networking opportunities

   

• European Medicines Agency (EMEA)
  * Regulatory agency that protects and promotes health via evaluation and supervision of medicines

   

• European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM)
  * Official standards body for the manufacture and quality control of medicines

   

• Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk (COFEPRIS)
  * Mexican government agency that protects the public against sanitary risks through regulation, control and education   Português   Español   Français

   

• Health Canada: Drugs and Health Products
  * Regulatory agency that ensures access to safe and effective drugs and health products   Français

   

• International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH)
  * Joint regulatory/industry project to improve, through harmonisation, the efficiency of developing and registering new medicinal products in Europe, Japan and the United States

   

• Regulatory Affairs Professional Society (RAPS)
  * Information on the scope of practice of regulatory professionals including Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC)

   

• Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development
  * Resource to help drug developers, regulators and policy makers improve the quality and efficiency of pharmaceutical development, review and utilization

   

• U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
  * Regulatory agency responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices are acceptably safe and functional

   

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  * Regulatory agency responsible for protecting and advancing public health by assuring the safety, efficacy and security of drugs, biological products, medical devices, food, cosmetics and products that emit radiation

   

• U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP)
  * Public standards-setting authority for all prescription and over-the-counter medicines, dietary supplements and other healthcare products manufactured and sold in the United States

   

• World Health Organization (WHO)
  * The directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system   Español   Français

Scientific Information

• American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)
  * Forum for scientific knowledge exchange to enhance health contributions

   

• Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP)
  * Resource for clinical research professionals in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, as well as in hospital, academic medical centre and physician office settings

   

• British Medical Journal (BMJ)
  * Scientific study, review and educational publication commenting on the clinical, scientific, social, political and economic factors affecting health

   

• CentreWatch
  * Clinical trials listing service

   

• Conselho Federal de Farmácia - CFF (Federal Council of Pharmacists of Brazil)
  * Brazilian affiliation of certified pharmacists   Português only

   

• International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
  * Global federation of national pharmaceutical associations (professional and scientific) working to improve the long-term effectiveness of patient care

   

• NIH Office of Human Subjects Research
  * U.S. agency that encourages and supports research which protects the rights and promotes the welfare of human subjects

   

• U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  * American agency for public health promotion, disease prevention and health emergency preparedness

   

• U.S. National Library of Medicine - Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET)
  * American databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health and toxic releases