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Regulatory agencies in Europe

Austria: Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH
http://www.ages.at

Belgium: Agence Fédérale des Médicaments et des Produits de Santé
https://portal.health.fgov.be

Bulgaria: Bulgarian Drug Agency (BDA)
http://www.bda.bg

Croatia: Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Croatia
http://www.miz.hr

Cyprus: Ministry of Health
http://www.moh.gov.cy

Czech Republic: State Institute for Drug Control (SÙKL)
http://www.sukl.cz

Denmark: Danish Medicines Agency (Lægemiddelstyrelsen DKMA)
http://www.dkma.dk

Estonia: State Agency of Medicines
http://www.sam.ee

Finland: National Agency for Medicines
http://www.nam.fi

France: Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits de Santé (AFSSAPS)
http://www.afssaps.sante.fr

Germany: Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte (BfArM)
http://www.bfarm.de

Greece: National Organization for Medicines
http://www.eof.gr

Hungary: National Institute of Pharmacy
http://www.ogyi.hu

Iceland: Icelandic Medicines Control Agency (IMCA)
http://www.imca.is

Ireland: Irish Medicines Board (IMB)
http://www.imb.ie

Italy: Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco (AIFA)
http://www.agenziafarmaco.it

Latvia: State Agency of Medicines
http://www.zva.gov.lv

Liechtenstein: Kontrollstelle für Arzneimittel beim Amt für Lebensmittelkontrolle und Veterinärwesen
http://www.llv.li

Lithuania: State Medicines Control Agency
http://www.vvkt.lt

Luxembourg: Direction de la Santé Villa Louvigny Division de la Pharmacie et des Medicaments
http://www.ms.etat.lu

Malta: Medicines Authority
http://www.medicinesauthority.gov.mt

Netherlands: Medicines Evaluation Board (MEB) College ter Beoordeling van Geneesmiddelen
http://www.cbg-meb.nl

Norway: Norwegian Medicines Agency (Statens Legemiddelverk)
http://www.legemiddelverket.no

Poland: The Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products
http://www.bip.urpl.gov.pl

Portugal: National Medicines and Health Products Authority (INFARMED)
http://www.infarmed.pt

Romania: National Medicines Agency (NMA)
http://www.anm.ro

Slovakia: State Institute for Drug Control (SIDC)
http://www.sukl.sk

Slovenia: Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenia
http://www.jazmp.si

Spain: Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios
http://www.agemed.es

Sweden: Medical Products Agency (MPA)
http://www.lakemedelsverket.se

Switzerland: Swissmedic, Schweizerisches Heilmittelinstitut
http://www.swissmedic.ch

Turkey: General Directorate of Medicines and Pharmaceutics
http://www.iegm.gov.tr

Ukraine: National Agency on quality control and safety of food and medicinal products
http://www.health.gov.ua

United Kingdom: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
http://www.mhra.gov.uk


International Regulatory agencies

Heads of Medicines Agencies
http://www.hma.eu/index.html

European Agency Medicines (EMEA)
http://www.emea.europa.eu

DG Enterprises - Pharmaceuticals - Regulatory Framework and Market Authorisations
http://www.ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/index_en.htm

Australia: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (TGA)
http://www.health.gov.au

Canada: Health Canada - Health Products and Food Branch
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca

Japan: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english

New Zealand: Ministry of Health
http://www.moh.govt.nz

USA: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
http://www.fda.gov/cder

South Africa: Medicines Control Council (MCC)
http://www.mccza.com


Industry and Trade Associations

Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)
http://www.abpi.org.uk

Association of the European Self-Medication Industry (AESGP)
http://www.aesgp.be

BioIndustry Association (BIA)
http://www.bioindustry.org

British Generic Manufacturers Association (BGMA)
http://www.britishgenerics.co.uk

British Standards Industry
http://www.bsi-global.com/en/

Canadian Association of Professional Regulatory Affairs (CAPRA)
http://www.capra.ca

Drug Information Association (DIA)
http://www.diahome.org

European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and Healthcare (EDQM)
http://www.edqm.eu/site/page_628.php

European Generic Medicines Association (EGA)
http://www.egagenerics.com

European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
http://www.efpia.org

European Medical Technology
http://www.eucomed.org

Food Standards Agency
http://www.food.gov.uk

International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associates (IFPM)
http://www.ifpma.org

Institute for Clinical Research (ICR)
http://www.icr-global.org

Japanese Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA)
http://www.jpma.or.jp

nCADREAC - New Collaboration Agreement between Drug Regulatory Authorities in Central and Eastern European Countries
http://www.newcadreac.org/cadreac.html

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
http://www.nice.org.uk

Pharmaceutical Information & Pharmacovigilance Association (PIPA)
http://www.pipaonline.org.uk

Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
http://www.phrma.org

Proprietary Association of Great Britain (PAGB)
http://www.pagb.org.uk

Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS)
http://www.raps.org

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
http://www.rpsgb.org.uk

The Organisation for Professionals in Regulatory Affairs (TOPRA)
http://www.topra.org

World Health Organisation
http://www.who.int


Regulatory Procedures in the European Union

DG Enterprises - Pharmaceuticals - Regulatory Framework and Market Authorisations
http://www.ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/index_en.htm

Centralised Procedure
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-2/a/chap4rev200604%20.pdf

Cosmetics Directives
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/cosmetics/html/consolidated_dir.htm

Herbals
http://www.emea.europa.eu/htms/human/hmpc/hmpcguide.htm

Medical Devices Directives
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/medical_devices/meddev

Mutual Recognition
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-2/a/vol2a_chap2_2007-02.pdf

Co-ordination Group for Mutual Recognition and Decentralised Procedures - Human, CMD(h)
http://www.hma.eu/cmdh.html

Variations
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-2/a/v2a_chap5_r1_2004-02_n.pdf

Orphan medicinal product designation in the EU
http://www.emea.europa.eu/pdfs/human/comp/leaflet/661801En.pdf

The EU Paediatric Regulation
http://www.emea.europa.eu/pdfs/human/paediatrics/leaflet.pdf
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Howweregulate/Medicines/Medicinesforchildren/index.htm
http://www.emea.europa.eu/htms/human/paediatrics/introduction.htm



Clinical Documentation

EudraLex Volume 10: Directives 2001/20/EC, 2005/28/EC and Detailed Guidances
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/homev10.htm

European Clinical Trials Database
https://eudract.emea.europa.eu/eudract/index.do

Detailed Guidelines on the principles of good clinical practice in the conduct in the EU of clinical trials on medicinal products for human use
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/pharmacos/docs/doc2002/july/gcp_51_july.pdf

NHS Research Ethics Committee
https://www.nresform.org.uk

Detailed guidance for the request for authorisation of a clinical trial on a medicinal product for human use to the competent authorities, notification of substantial amendments and declaration of the end of the trial
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-10/11_ca_14-2005.pdf

Detailed guidance on the application format and documentation to be submitted in an application for an Ethics Committee opinion on the clinical trial on medicinal products for human use
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-10/12_ec_guideline_20060216.pdf

Guideline for Drug Master Files
http://www.fda.gov/CDER/guidance/dmf.htm

Recommendation on the content of the Trial Master File and archiving
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-10/v10_chap5.pdf

Clinical Trial Registries
World Health Organisation http://www.who.int/ictrp/en/
Clinical Trials.Gov http://www.clinicaltrials.gov
ISRCTN Register http://www.isrctn.org

Standard Operating Procedures
Note for Guidance on Good Clinical Practice (CPMP/ICH/135/95). ICH Topic E6
http://www.emea.europa.eu/pdfs/human/ich/013595en.pdf

ICH Harmonized Tripartite Guideline E3: Structure and Content of Clinical Study Reports
http://www.ich.org/LOB/media/MEDIA479.pdf

Investigator Brochures
EMEA http://www.emea.europa.eu/pdfs/human/ich/013595en.pdf
FDA http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/21cfr312_03.html

EU Clinical Trials Directive
http://www.wctn.org.uk/downloads/EU_Directive/Directive.pdf

Investigational Medicinal Product Dossier (IMPD)
European Commission http://www.emea.europa.eu/pdfs/human/qwp/18540104en.pdf
Irish Medicines Board http://www.imb.ie/images/uploaded/documents/AUT-G0004%20Guidetotheinvestigationalmedicinaproduct.pdf



Dossier Submission and Licence Maintenance

Common Technical Document
Notice to Applicants Volume 2B: Presentation and format of the dossier http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-2/b/update_200805/ctd_05-2008.pdf
Practical guidance for the paper submission of regulatory information in support of a marketing authorisation application when using the Electronic Common Technical Document ("eCTD") as the source submission http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-2/b/ectd_01-20006/ectdpaperv1.0.pdf

Electronic submissions (e-CTD)
ICH M2 EWG Electronic Common Technical Document Specification http://estri.ich.org/ectd/eCTD_Specification_v3_2_2.pdf
EMEA Implementation of electronic-only submissions and eCTD submissions in the Centralised procedure http://www.emea.europa.eu/pdfs/human/regaffair/56336607en.pdf

Labelling/packaging/SPC/PIL
EC Guideline on Summary of Product Characteristics http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-2/c/spcguidrev1-oct2005.pdf
EC Guideline on the Readability of the Label and Package Leaflet of Medicinal Products for Human Use http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-2/c/gl981002.pdf
EC Guidance concerning consultations with target patient groups for the package leaflet http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-2/c/user_consultation_200605.pdf
EC Guideline on the Packaging Information of Medicinal Products for Human Use Authorised by the Community http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-2/c/bluebox_02_2008.pdf

Variations
Notice to Applicants Volume 2A: Procedures for Marketing Authorisation - Chapter 5 - Variations http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-2/a/v2a_chap5_r1_2004-02_n.pdf
Guideline on dossier requirements for Type IA and IB notifications http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-2/c/var_type_1a1b_guideline_06-2006.pdf
BROMI: http://www.mhra.gov.uk/home/groups/pl-a/documents/websiteresources/con2033962.pdf

Renewals
Centralised procedure: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-2/c/299000en_3.pdf
MRP/DCP: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-2/c/renewal_guid_final_feb2008.pdf



Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) User Testing

EC Guideline on the Readability of the Label and Package Leaflet of Medicinal Products for Human Use
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-2/c/gl981002.pdf

EC Guidance concerning consultations with target patient groups for the package leaflet
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-2/c/user_consultation_200605.pdf

MHRA User testing of patient information leaflets
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Howweregulate/Medicines/Labelspatientinformationleafletsandpackaging
/Usertestingofpatientinformationleaflets/index.htm
MHRA Parallel import licences http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Howweregulate/Medicines/Licensingofmedicines/Parallelimportlicences/index.htm



Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance

Guidelines on Pharmacovigilance for Medicinal Products for Human Use
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/eudralex/vol-9/pdf/vol9_2007-07_upd07.pdf

EudraVigilance
http://eudravigilance.emea.europa.eu/highres.htm

Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences
http://www.cioms.ch/

Annual Safety Reports: EU Clinical Trials Directive
http://www.wctn.org.uk/downloads/EU_Directive/Directive.pdf

Periodic Safety Update Reports: ICH E2C
http://www.ich.org/LOB/media/MEDIA477.pdf

Data Elements for Transmission of Individual Case Safety Reports: ICH E2B
http://www.ich.org/LOB/media/MEDIA632.pdf

Development Safety Update Report (DSUR): Harmonizing the Format and Content for Periodic Safety Reporting During Clinical Trials (CIOMS VII)
http://www.cioms.ch/frame_dsur.htm
ICH E2F: http://www.ich.org/LOB/media/MEDIA4727.pdf

Benefit-Risk Balance for Marketed Drugs. Evaluating Safety Signals (CIOMS IV)
http://www.cioms.ch/publications/g4-benefit-risk.pdf

Pharmacovigilance Planning
ICH E2E: http://www.ich.org/LOB/media/MEDIA1195.pdf

Risk Management Plan
http://www.emea.europa.eu/pdfs/human/euleg/19263206en.pdf

Urgent Safety Restrictions
http://www.hma.eu/uploads/media/safety.pdf



Pharmacoeconomics

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
http://www.nice.org.uk/

Scottish Medicines Consortium
http://www.scottishmedicines.org.uk/smc/CCC_FirstPage.jsp

All Wales Medicines Strategy Group
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/home.cfm?orgid=371

EUnetHTA
http://www.eunethta.net/
The International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA)
http://www.inahta.org/

HTA Glossary
http://www.inahta.org/upload/HTA_resources/Edu_INAHTA_glossary_July_2006_final.pdf

Pricing and Reimbursement Working Group
http://ec.europa.eu/pharmaforum/pricing_en.htm



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