EC Public Health Directorate

European Medicines Agency
The European Medicines Agency is a decentralised body of the European Union. Its main responsibility is the protection and promotion of public and animal health, through the evaluation and supervision of medicines for human and veterinary use.

International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH)
ICH is a unique project that brings together the regulatory authorities of Europe, Japan and the United States and experts from the pharmaceutical industry in the three regions to discuss scientific and technical aspects of product registration.

The Heads of Medicines Agencies
The Heads of Medicines Agencies is a network of the Heads of the National Competent Authorities whose organisations are responsible for the regulation of Medicinal Products for human and veterinary use.

European Commission
The division of the European Union responsible for drafting and implementing legislation.

European Research Information Centre
The research information centre gives you enhanced access to hundreds of articles and stories from several of the Research DG’s sources, including RTD info, Research Headlines, Star Projects and more.

European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare
The EDQM (Council of Europe) is a key European Organisation involved in Harmonisation & Co-ordination of Standardisation, Regulation & Quality Control of Medicines, Blood Transfusion, Organ Transplantation, Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Care.

World Health Organisation
WHO is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

Drug Information Association
DIA is a neutral, nonprofit, global, professional association of nearly 18,000 members who work in every facet of the discovery, development, and life cycle management of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and related products.

Association of Clinical Research Professionnals
ACRP provides global leadership to promote integrity and excellence for the clinical research profession.

Clinicaltrials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial’s purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details. This information should be used in conjunction with advice from health care professionals

International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations
The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations is the global non-profit NGO representing the research-based pharmaceutical industry, including the biotech and vaccine sectors.

International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations
IAPO is a unique global alliance representing patients of all nationalities across all disease areas and promoting patient-centred healthcare around the world.

European Network of Research Ethics Committees – EUREC
EUREC is a network of national networks and associations of Research Ethics Committees (RECs) in Europe. The network aims at the development of high quality standards in clinical trials in order to protect human subjects.

German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM)
The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte, BfArM) is an independent higher federal authority within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Health. One of the main tasks of the BfArM is the authorisation of finished medicinal products on the basis of the German Medicines Act.

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
MHRA is the government executive agency which is responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work, and are acceptably safe.

National Agency for Medicines of Finland
The National Agency for Medicines responsibilities are to maintain and promote the safety and safe use of medicinal products, medical devices and blood products. Its areas of focus are paediatric and biological medicinal products.

Hungarian National Institute of Pharmacy
The National Institute of Pharmacy was formed in order to produce a unified drug control agency with general responsibility for marketing authorization and supervision of manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade of the medicinal products.

Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) is the trade association for more than 75 companies in the UK producing prescription medicines. Its member companies research, develop, manufacture and supply more than 80 per cent of the medicines prescribed through the National Health Service (NHS).

Belgian College of Pharmaceutical Medicine (BCPM)
The Belgian College of Pharmaceutical Medicine was founded to promote pharmaceutical medicine, to develop, maintain and improve competence, ethical integrity and professional standards in the practice of pharmaceutical medicine and to advance knowledge in pharmaceutical medicine.

German Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (VFA)
The Association of Research-based Pharmaceutical Companies (VFA) is the trade organization of research-based pharmaceutical companies in Germany. Their research are focused on preclinical (prior to administering a drug to people) and clinical development (testing the drug on human test subjects).

National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)
NICE is a UK independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health. NICE guidance is developed using the expertise of the NHS and the wider healthcare community including NHS staff, healthcare professionals, patients, industry and the academic world.