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Health Care and Pharmaceutical News
Drug Information Sites
- Center for Drug Safety
Offers personalized drug interaction screenings.
- Pharmaceutical Industry Info
Provides companies around the world with a clear and informative list of
products and services from a wide range of pharmaceutical suppliers.
- Pharma-lexicon
The world's largest database of medical, pharmaceutical, biotech and
agrochemical abbreviations.
- InteliHealth
Home to Johns Hopkins Health Information.
- OnHealth
Information on health, wellness and medicine.
- Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
Current health information from Mayo Clinic.
- MedScape
Medical news and information.
- USP Drug Quality and Information Program (USP DQI)
The United States Pharmacopeia's (USP) Drug Quality and Information (DQI) program provides technical assistance in drug quality assurance, develops and disseminates unbiased drug and therapeutic information, trains health care workers to better use medicines, and provides scientific evidence for health care decision making in developing countries. USP DQI is supported by a cooperative agreement with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and USP.
U.S. Government Publications and Documents
- Code of Federal Regulations
The Code of Federal Regulations is a codification of the general and
permanent rules published previously in the Federal Register. The CFR is
divided into titles which represent broad areas subject to federal
regulation. Most titles are not yet available on this site but the one with
the most interest to USP, Title 21 (Food and Drugs), can be accessed and
searched here.
- The Federal Register
Online via the Government Printing Office, 1995 and 1996.
- library of Congress Catalog
Search the catalog of the library of Congress; also many university and
college catalogs.
- Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Reports
From the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; full-text from 1993.
- Thomas: Legislative Information
links to Federal Register, Congressional Record, committees, library of
Congress and much more. A great place to start searches on any legislation,
past or proposed.
Government Health Agencies & Institutions
US Associations and Organizations
- Product Quality Research Institute
The Product Quality Research Institute is a collaboration of the FDA's
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), Industry and Academia that
conducts research to generate scientific information to support regulatory
policy. The initiative will help identify the types of product quality
information that should be submitted in a regulatory filing to CDER. USP has
been a member of the PQRI since 2000.
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
- American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)
- American Nurses Association
- American Medical Association
- American Pharmacists Association
- American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
- American Type Culture Collection
A global bioscience organization that provides biological products,
technical services, and educational programs to private industry,
government, and academic organizations.
- Council for Responsible Nutrition
- Drug Information Association
A forum for the exchange and dissemination of information on the discovery,
development, evaluation, and utilization of medicines and related healthcare
technologies.
- Food and Drug Law Institute
- Health Care Associations and Organizations
A directory of health related associations and organizations provided by PR
Newswire.
- Institute for Safe Medication Practices
- Medical library Association
- National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention
- National Council on Patient Information and Education
- National Medical Association
- Healthcare Distribution Management Association
- Consumer Healthcare Products Association (formerly NDMA)
Committed to the unrestricted availability of OTC medicines, the full
understanding of self-care issues, appropriate regulation of OTC medicines,
and responsible self-medication.
- The American Society of Pharmacy Law
The American Society of Pharmacy Law is an organization of pharmacists,
attorneys, pharmacist-attorneys and students of pharmacy or law that are
interested in the law as it applies to pharmacy. In addition, this Web site
should be of value to those interested in searching for
pharmacist-attorneys, an attorney with a particular interest in pharmacy law
in their state or in expert witnesses in the areas of pharmacy.
Health/Medical/Science Publications
- AMA publications
JAMA, Archives of Internal Medicine, etc.; includes tables of contents and
abstracts in recent and archival issues. Requires a one-time registration.
- ICD-9-CM International Classification of Diseases
The ICD-9-CM international coding standard for the classification of
diseases.
- Science Journal
Browse and search current and back issues; can access abstracts and
full-text.
- Your Health Daily
Contains timely articles on health news topics for general readers and
health professionals.
Health Practitioner Directories
International Associations and Organizations
- MedicAlert Foundation
MedicAlert Foundation is one of the world's largest nonprofit membership
organizations that saves lives in emergencies by providing Member
identification and medical information to doctors, nurses and other medical
personnel. We staff a 24-hour Emergency Response and Customer Service
Center, supported by on-site Registered Nurses.
- Product Quality Research Institute
- The Drugs Programme of Health Canada
Includes the Notices of Compliance and the Canadian Drug ID Codebook.
- Pan American Health Organization
- The United Nations
- World Health Organization
- USP Drug Quality and Information Program (USP DQI)
The United States Pharmacopeia's (USP) Drug Quality and Information (DQI) program provides technical assistance in drug quality assurance, develops and disseminates unbiased drug and therapeutic information, trains health care workers to better use medicines, and provides scientific evidence for health care decision making in developing countries. USP DQI is supported by a cooperative agreement with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and USP.
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