USEFUL WEB SITES FOR REST OF WORLD

Country

Name

Web Address

Argentina

Argentina National Administration of Drugs, Food & medical Technology. (Spanish / English)

http://www.anmat.gov.ar

Australia

Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)

http://www.health.gov.au/tga/

Brazil

Ministry of Health (Portuguese)

http://www.datasus.gov.br

Canada

Health Protection Branch (HPB)

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb/

Czech Republic

State Institute for Drug Control (Czech/English)

http://www.sukl.cz

Columbia

Ministry of Health

http://www.minsalud.gov.co

Estonia

Estonian Stage Agency of Medicines

http://www.sam.ee

Estonia

State Agency of Medicines

http://www.sam.ee/enginedex.html

Germany

Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte (BfArM)

http://www.bfarm.de/de_ver/

Germany

Bundesministeriums für Gesundheit

http://www.BMGesundheit.de/

Hungary

National Institute of Pharmacy (Magyar / English / Russian)

http://www.ogyi.hu/

Iceland

Ministry of Health and Social Security (Icelandic / English)

http://brunnur.stijr.is/interpro/htr/htr.nsf/pages/front

Japan

Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW)

http://www.ncc.go.jp/mhw/index.html

Latvia

State Agency of Medicines (Latviski / English)

http://www.vza.gov.lv/

Lithuania

State Medicines Control Agency

http://www.vvkt.lt/defaeng.html  & http://www.vvkt.lt

Luxembourg

Ministry of Health (French)

http://www.santel.lu/MIN/home.html

Malta

Ministry of Health (English)

http://www.magnet.mt/ministries/health/

New Zealand

Medsafe (English)

http://www.medsafe.govt.nz

Nordic Countries

Nordic Council on Medicines (NLN)

http://www.nln.se/

Norway

Ministry of Health (English / Norwegian)

http://odin.dep.no/shd/eng/index.html

Poland

Poland

Drug Institute

Ministry of Health and Social Security (Polish)

http://www.il.waw.pl

http://www.mzios.gov.pl/

Russia

Public Health Institute (English & Russian)

http://views.vcu.edu/view

Slovak Republic

State Institute for Drug Control (Statny ustav pre controlu lieciv – SUKL)

Ministry of Health (Slovak / English – under construction)

http://www.sukl.sk/

http://www.health.gov.sk/

Slovenia

Agency for Medicinal Products (English)

http://www.gov.si/mz/amp.htm

Switzerland

Interkantonale Kontrollstelle fur Heilmittel (IKS)

http://www.pharmapart.com/swisspharmanet/behoerde/iks/iks0001.htm

Turkey

Ministry of Health (English)

http://www.health.gov.tr/

United States

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)

http://www.fda.gov/cder/

Center for Biologicals Evaluation and Research (CBER)

http://www.fea.gov/cber/

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

http://www.fda.gov

FDA modernisation

http://www.fda.gov/cder/fdama/default.htm

EEC-EMEA

The European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products

http://www.eudra.org/en_home.htm

EEC-MRFG

European Heads of Agencies site

http:// heads.medagencies.org

Austria

Federal Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs

http://www.bmags.gv.at/

Belgium

Ministry of Public Health

no site at present – see Heads of Agencies site

Belgium

Ministry of Social Affairs, Public Health and Environment. (French / Flemish / English)

http://www.health.fgov.be/

Denmark

Danish Medicines Agency

http://www.dkma.dk/

Finland

National Agency for Medicines (Laakelaitos)

http://www.nam.fi/

France

Agence du Médicament

http://agmed.sante.gouv.fr/

Germany

BGVV

http://www.bgvv.de/

FfArM

http://www.bfarm.de/

Paul Ehrlich Institute

http://www.pei.de/

Greece

National Drug Organisation

no site at present – see Heads of Agencies site

Ireland

Irish Medicines Board

http://www.imb.ie

Italy

Ministero dell Sanita

http://www.sanita.it/farmaci/

Luxembourg

Division de la Pharmacie et des Médicaments

no site at present – see Heads of Agencies site

Netherlands

Medicines Evaluation Board

http://www.cbg-meb.nl/

Portugal

Infarmed

http://www.infarmed.pt

Spain

Direcction General de Farmacia y Productos Sanitorios/Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo

http://www.msc.es/

Sweden

Medical Products Agency (MPA)

http://www.mpa.se

UK                                         

MDA – Medical Devices Agency

http://www.medical-devices.gov.uk/

- list of bulletins and guidance:

http://www.medical-devices.gov.uk/reg-guid.htm

Committee on the Safety of Medicines (CSM)

http://www.open.gov.uk/mca/csmhome.htm

National Institute for Biological Standards Control (NIBSC)

http://www.nibsc.ac.uk/