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Afghanistan
Afganistan
Afqanestan 

Official languages: Pashtu, Dari
 

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Aland (Dependency of Finland)
Åland

Official language: Swedish
 

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Albania
Shqipëria
Republic of Albania
Republika e Shqipërisë

Official language: Albanian

 

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Algeria
Jaza'ir
al Djazair

Official language: Arabic

 
ad.gif (5173 bytes) Andorra
Principality of Andorra
Principat d'Andorra

Official language: Catalan

Ministry of Health and Welfare
ao.gif (1224 bytes) Angola
República de Angola

Official language: Portuguese

 

 

 
ai.gif (2777 bytes) Anguilla (Dependency of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Official language: English

 
ag.gif (3923 bytes) Antigua and Barbuda

Official language: English

 
an.gif (1169 bytes) Antilles, Netherlands (Dependency of Netherlands)
Antillen, Nederlandse
Nederlandse Antillen

Official languages: Dutch, Papiamento

 
ANZFA - Australia New Zealand Food Authority ANZFA Australia New Zealand Food Authority

 

ANMAT ANMAT (in  Spanish only)
ae.gif (1295 bytes) Arab Emirates
al-Amarat 
al Arabiyya
Al-Imarat
al'-Arabiyyah 
al-Muttahida
formerly Trucial Coast
Trucial Oman or 
Trucial Sheikdoms
United Arab Emirates

Official language: Arabic

Ministry of Health
ar_s.gif (2057 bytes) Argentina
República Argentina
Argentine Republic

Official language: Spanish

ANMAT (in  Spanish only)

Argentina Embassy of Argentina (Washington, DC) http://emb-eeuu.mrecic.gov.ar/

Argentina National Administration of Drugs, Foods and Medical Technology http://www.anmat.gov.ar/principal.html

Argentina - Administración Nacional de Medicamentos, Alimentos y Tecnología Médica (ANMAT) http://www.anmat.gov.ar/ (National Administration of Drugs, Foods and Medical Technology (in English & Spanish))

Argentina - Embassy of Argentina (Washington, DC) http://emb-eeuu.mrecic.gov.ar/

am.gif (882 bytes) Armenia
Hayastan
Republic of Armenia
Hayastani Hanrapetutyun

Official language: Armenian

Ministry of Health
aw.gif (1024 bytes) Aruba (Dependency of Netherlands)

Official language: Dutch

 
au.gif (2249 bytes) Australia
Commonwealth of Australia

Official language: English

Department of Health and Aged Care

Therapeutic Goods Administration
.....(New Items)

Australian National Archives

Australian Courts and Legislation

Australia Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Home Page http://www.health.gov.au/tga

Australia Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) http://www.health.gov.au/hfs/tga/tga.htm

Australia Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) What’s New Page http://www.health.gov.au/tga/whatsnew.htm

at.gif (579 bytes) Austria
Österreich

Official language: German

Austria - Austrian Press & Information Office, Washington, DC http://www.austria.org/

Austria - Bundesministerium für Arbeit, Gesundheit und Soziales (BMAGS) http://www.bmags.gv.at/ (Federal Ministry for Labour, Health and Social Affairs (in German))

Austria - PHARMIG - Vereinigung pharmazeutischer Unternehmen http://www.pharmig.or.at/ (Austrian Association of Regulatory Affairs (in German))

Austria - The Austrian Trade Commissions in the United States and Canada http://www.austriantrade.org/AustrianTrade/

Austria - Bundesministerium für Arbeit, Gesundheit und Soziales (Federal Ministry of Labour, Health, and Social Affairs) http://heads.medagencies.com/austria.htm

Austria     Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs (Austria)
http://www.bmg.gv.at/bmg/ (in German) Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs (in German)

 

az.gif (2542 bytes) Azerbaijan
Azerbaycan
Azärbaycan
Azerbaijani Republic
Azärbaycan Respublikasi

Official language: Azeri

 
bs.gif (1203 bytes) Bahamas
The Bahamas
Commonwealth of the Bahamas

Official language: English

 
bh-pay.gif (2394 bytes) Bahrain
Bahrayn
Dawlat al Bahrain
State of Bahrain

Official language: Arabic

 
bd.gif (2232 bytes) Bangladesh
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Gana Prajatantri Bangladesh

Official language: Bengali

 
bb.gif (2758 bytes) Barbados

Official language: English

 
by-nobar.gif (3038 bytes) Belarus
Respublika Belarus
Republic of Belorussia
Byelorussia

Official languages: Byelorussian, Russian

 
be.gif (1914 bytes) Belgium
België
Belgique
Belgien

Official languages: Dutch, French - in parts of the country: German

General Pharmaceutical Inspectorate

Belgium: Ministry of Social Affairs, 
Public Health and Environment (in French and Dutch)

Belgium MediBel-Net http://www.health.fgov.be/

Belgium Pharmaceutical Inspectorate http://heads.medagencies.com/belgium.htm

Belgium - MediBel-Net http://www.health.fgov.be/ (Belgium Information Kiosk for Health & Environment (in English, Dutch & French))

bz.gif (6457 bytes) Belize
Belice

Official language: English

 
bj.gif (1907 bytes) Benin
Republic of Benin
Bénin
République du Bénin

Official language: French

 
bm.gif (4658 bytes) Bermuda (Dependency of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Official language: English

 
bt.gif (9839 bytes) Bhutan
Druk-Yul
Bhutan
Druk-Gyal-Khab

Official language: Dzongkha

 
bo.gif (746 bytes) Bolivia
República de Bolivia
Republic of Bolivia

Official languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara

Ministerio de Salud (in Spanish only)

Bolivia Embassy of Bolivia (Canada) http://www.iosphere.net/~bolcan/bol-engl.htm

Bolivia Ministerio de Salud y Previsión Social http://www.sns.gov.bo/

Bolivia - Embassy of Bolivia (Canada) http://www.iosphere.net/~bolcan/bol-engl.htm

Bolivia - Ministerio de Salud y Previsión Social http://www.sns.gov.bo (Ministry of Health (in Spanish) - link under construction)

ba.gif (2206 bytes) Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosna i Hercegovina

Official language: Serbo-Croatian

 
bw.gif (664 bytes) Botswana
Republic of Botswana

Official language: English

Ministry of Health
br.gif (2458 bytes) Brazil
Brasil
República Federativa do Brasil
Federal Republic of Brazil

Official language: Portuguese

Ministerio de Saude (in Portuguese only)

Brazil - Embassy of Brazil (Washington, DC) http://www.brasil.emb.nw.dc.us/

Brazil - Ministério da Saúde (MS) http://www.ms.gov.br/ (Ministry of Health (in Portuguese))

bn.gif (8516 bytes) Brunei
Brunei Darussalam
Sultanate of Brunei
Negara Brunei Darussalam

Official language: Malay

Ministry of Health
bg.gif (821 bytes) Bulgaria
Balgarija
Republic of Bulgaria
Ðåïóáëèêà Áúëãàðèÿ

Official language: Bulgarian

National Drug Institute

Bulgarian Drug Agency
bf.gif (1606 bytes) Burkina Faso

Official language: French

 
bi.gif (1796 bytes) Burundi
Uburundi
Republika y' Uburundi
République du Burundi
Republic of Burundi

Official languages: Kirundi, French

 
  CADREAC Collaboration Agreement of Drug Regulatory authorities in European Union Associated Countries
kh.gif (1856 bytes) Cambodia
Kampuchea

Official language: Khmer


 

cm.gif (2442 bytes) Cameroon
Cameroun

Official languages: French, English

 
ca.gif (1558 bytes) Canada

Official languages: English, French

Therapeutic Products Program
.....(New items)

Canada Gazette

Food Inspection Agency
.....(What's New)

Canada - For a current listing of Public Acts (Bills), we direct you to the House of Commons Web site

Canada - You can also find the Public Acts (Bills) at Consolidated Statutes and Regulations of Canada ( Department of Justice)

Canada Alberta Health Home Page http://www.health.gov.ab.ca/

Canada Alberta Health What’s New Page http://www.health.gov.ab.ca/whatsnew/index.htm

Canada British Columbia Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors Main Page http://www.hlth.gov.bc.ca/

Canada British Columbia Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors What’s New Page http://www.hlth.gov.bc.ca/whatsnew.html

Canada British Columbia Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors Latest News Release http://www.hlth.gov.bc.ca/cpa/newsrel/1999/nrdate.html

Canada Gazette http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/gazette_e.html

Canada Gazette Part I http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/hompar1_e.html

Canada Gazette Part II http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/hompar2_e.html

Canada Gazette, Part III http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/hompar3_e.html

Canada Government of Alberta Home Page http://www.gov.ab.ca/index.cfm

Canada Government of Alberta Press Releases http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/news999.cfm

Canada Government of Alberta What’s New Page http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn.cfm

Canada Manitoba Health Main Page Http://www.gov.mb.ca/health/index.html

Canada Manitoba Health News Releases http://www.gov.mb.ca/health/newsreleases/index.html

Canada MEDEC - Medical Devices Canada http://www.medec.org

Canada MEDEC (Medical Devices Canada) Main Page http://www.medec.org/

Canada MEDEC (Medical Devices Canada) What’s New Page http://www.medec.org/whatsnew.htm

Canada Medical Devices - Health Canada http://www.hpb.1.hwc.ca.8300

Canada Medical Devices - Health Canada http://www.hwc.ca/dataehd

Canada New Brunswick Health Main Page (English) http://www.gov.nb.ca/hcs-ssc/english/index.htm

Canada New Brunswick Health Main Page (French) http://www.gov.nb.ca/hcs-ssc/francais/index.htm

Canada New Brunswick Health Main Page Http://www.gov.nb.ca/hcs/

Canada New Brunswick Health What’s New Page (English) Http://www.gov.nb.ca/hcs-ssc/english/links/whatsnew.htm

Canada New Brunswick Health What’s New Page (French) http://www.gov.nb.ca/hcs-ssc/francais/liens/nouveau.htm

Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Health and Community Services http://www.gov.nf.ca/health/

Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Health and Community Services News Releases http://www.gov.nf.ca/releases/

Canada Northwest Territory Department of Health http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/

Canada Nova Scotia Department of Health http://www.gov.ns.ca/health/

Canada Nunavut Health Related Page http://www.nunavut.com/articles/english/reports_health.html

Canada Nunavut Main Page (English) http://www.nunavut.com/home.html

Canada Nunavut Main Page (Inukitut) http://www.nunavut.com/homei.html

Canada Nunavut Main Page http://www.nunavut.com

Canada Ontario Health http://www.gov.on.ca/health/index.html

Canada Prince Edward Island Health and Social Services http://www.gov.pe.ca/hss/index.asp

Canada Quebec Health http://www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/

Canada Quebec Health http://www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/fr/index.htm

Canada Saskatchewan Health http://www.gov.sk.ca/health/

Canada Saskatchewan Health http://www.gov.sk.ca/govt/health/

Canada Therapeutic Products Program (TPP) What’s New (English) http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb-dgps/therapeut/htmleng/whatsnew.html

Canada Therapeutic Products Program (TPP) Drug Patent Register http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb-dgps/therapeut/htmleng/patents.html

Canada Therapeutic Products Program (TPP) Drug Product Database http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb-dgps/therapeut/htmleng/dpd.html

Canada Therapeutic Products Program (TPP) http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb-dgps/therapeut/

Canada Therapeutic Products Program (TPP) http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb-dgps/therapeut/htmleng/ (English)

Canada Therapeutic Products Program (TPP) http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb-dgps/therapeut/htmlfrn/index.html (French)

Canada Therapeutic Products Program (TPP) Medical Devices Y2K Database http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb-dgps/therapeut/htmleng/y2k_db.html

Canada Therapeutic Products Program (TPP) Weekly Drug NOC updates http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb-dgps/therapeut/htmleng/noc_drugs.html#weekly

Canada Therapeutic Products Program (TPP) What’s New (French) http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb-dgps/therapeut/htmlfrn/whatsnew.html

Canada - Health Canada http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca

Canada - Standards Council of Canada http://www.scc.ca

Canada Yukon Health and Social Services http://www.hss.gov.yk.ca/

Department of Justice
http://canada.justice.gc.ca/index_en.html

cv.gif (1324 bytes) Cape Verde
Cabo Verde
Republica di Cabo Verde
República de Cabo Verde
Republic of Cape Verde

Official language: Portuguese

 
ky.gif (8896 bytes) Cayman Islands (Dependency of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Official language: English

 
cf.gif (2439 bytes) Central Africa
Bê-Afrîka
Afrique Centrale
République Centrafricain

Official languages: Sangho, French

 
td.gif (1186 bytes) Chad
Tchad
Tashad
Republic of Chad
République du Tchad
Jumhuriyat Tashad

Official languages: French, Arabic

 
cl.gif (1016 bytes) Chile
Republic of Chile
República de Chile

Official language: Spanish

Ministerio  de Salud (in Spanish only)

Chile Embassy of Chile (in Australia) http://www.netinfo.com.au/chile/English/index.html

Chile http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/cl.html

Chile Ministerio de Salud http://www.minsal.cl/

Chile - Embassy of Chile (in Australia) http://www.netinfo.com.au/chile/English/index.html

Chile - Health Ministry http://www.minsal.cl ((in Spanish))

cn.gif (763 bytes) China (People's Republic)
China
People's Republic of China
Zhongguo

Official languages: Chinese - in parts of the country: various languages

State Drug Administration

State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine

China (People's Republic) http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/cn.html

tw.gif (1244 bytes) China (Republic)
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Taiwan

Official language: Chinese

Department of Health

Center for Drug Evaluation

China (Republic) http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/tw.html

China - Taiwan Health Information System - Department of Health http://www.doh.gov.tw/english/

Taiwan Department of Health http://www.doh.gov.tw/english/

co.gif (765 bytes) Colombia
República de Colombia
Republic of Colombia

Official language: Spanish

Ministerio de Salud (in Spanish)

INVIMA

Colombia - Embassy of the Republic of Colombia (Washington, DC) http://www.colombiaemb.org/English/frames.html

Columbia - Ministerio de Salud http://www.minsalud.gov.co (Ministry of Health (in Spanish))

Columbia Embassy of the Republic of Colombia (Washington, DC) http://www.colombiaemb.org/English/frames.html

Columbia INVIMA - Instituto Nacional de Vigilancia de Medicamentos y Alimentos (National Institute of Monitoring of Medicines and Foods) http://www.sinpro.gov.co/invima/

Columbia Ministerio de Salud - Ministry of Health (in Spanish) http://www.minsalud.gov.co/

km_3o.gif (1438 bytes) Comoros
Qumur
Comores
Komori
Jumhuriyat Al-Qumur Al-Ittihadiyah Al-Islamiyah
Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros

Official languages: Arabic, French, Comorian

 
cd.gif (1046 bytes) Congo (Democratic Republic)
Congo (République Démocratique)
République Démocratique du Congo
Congo - Kinshasa

Official language: French

 
cg.gif (1240 bytes) Congo (Republic)
Congo (République)
Republic of the Congo
République du Congo

Official language: French

 
ck.gif (3688 bytes) Cook Islands
Cook Islands (New Zealand)
Kuki Airani

Official language: English

 
cr.gif (821 bytes) Costa Rica
República de Costa Rica
Republic of Costa Rica

Official language: Spanish

Ministerio de Salud (in Spanish only)
ci.gif (1134 bytes) Cote d'Ivoire
Ivory Coast

Official language: French

 
hr.gif (5091 bytes) Croatia
Hrvatska
Republika Hrvatska
Republic of Croatia

Official language: Serbo-Croatian

Ministry of Health
cu.gif (2873 bytes) Cuba
República de Cuba
Republic of Cuba

Official language: Spanish

Virtual Health Library
cy.gif (1161 bytes) Cyprus (Republic)
Kypros (Dimokratia)
Kipriakí Dimokratía [Kipros]
Kibris Cumhuriyeti

Official language: Greek

Pharmaceutical Services, Ministry of Health
cy-north.gif (1809 bytes) Cyprus (Turkish Republic)
Kibris (Türk Cumhuriyet)
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Kuzey Kibris Türk Cumhuriyeti

Official language: Turkish

 
cz.gif (1166 bytes) Czech Republic
Cesko
Ceska Republika

Official language: Czech

Misiterstvo zdravotnicvi .....(in Czech only)

State Institute for Drug Control
 
STÁTNÍ ÚSTAV PRO KONTROLU LÉÈIV (Home Page)

State Institute for Drug Control  (English Home Page)

Institute of Health Information and Statistics

Czech Republic - CCZ Mark http://www.eucomed.be/eucomed/issues/cczmark.htm

Czech Republic Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic (IHIS), Prag http://www.uzis.cz/indexe.htm

Czech Republic Ministry of Health http://www.mzcr.cz/ or http://www.mzcr.cz/asc/index.html

Czech Republic - Czech Express Country Homepage http://cech.cesnet.cz/

Czech Republic - Ministry of Health http://www.mzcr.cz ((in Czech))

dk.gif (1658 bytes) Denmark
Danmark

Official language: Danish

Lægemiddelstyrelsen (Danish Medicines Agency)
Danish or English

Ministry of Health

Veterinary and Food Administration

Denmark Danish Medicines Agency http://www.dkma.dk/

 

 

dj.gif (1330 bytes) Djibouti
Djibouti
Gibuti
Jumhuriya Jibuti,Republique de Djibouti

Official languages: French, Arabic

 
dm.gif (4173 bytes) Dominica
Commonwealth of Dominica

Official language: English

 
do.gif (1141 bytes) Dominican Republic
República Dominicana

Official language: Spanish

 
ec2.gif (3428 bytes) Ecuador
República del Ecuador
Republic of Ecuador

Official language: Spanish

Ministerio de Salud Publica (in Spanish only)

Ecuador Ministerio de Salud Publica http://www4.salud.org.ec/index_ms.htm
eg.gif (1272 bytes) Egypt
Misr
The Arab Republic of Egypt
Jumhuriyah Misr al-'Arabiyah

Official language: Arabic

Egypt - Embassy of Egypt (London) http://www.egypt-embassy.org.uk/ (Go to Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Egypt - HealthNet http://www.idsc.gov.eg/health

sv.gif (617 bytes) El Salvador
República de El Salvador
Republic of El Salvador

Official language: Spanish

Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social [Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance]
gq.gif (1819 bytes) Equatorial Guinea
Guinea Ecuatorial
Republic of Equatorial Guinea

Official language: Spanish

 
  EMEA

EMEA (The European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products)

er.gif (2226 bytes) Eritrea
The State of Eritrea

Official languages: Tigrinya, Arabic

 
ee.gif (757 bytes) Estonia
Eesti
Eesti Vabariik
Republic of Estonia

Official language: Estonian

State Agency of Medicines

Estonia Ministry of Social Affairs http://www.sm.ee/

Estonia Ministry of Social Affairs Press Reelases http://www.sm.ee/Frame/pressiteated.html

Estonia State Agency of Medicines (Riigi Ravimiamet) Main Page (English) http://www.sam.ee/engindex.html

Estonia State Agency of Medicines (Riigi Ravimiamet) Main Page http://www.sam.ee/index.htm

Estonia State Agency of Medicines (Riigi Ravimiamet) What’s New Page http://www.sam.ee/uus.html

Estonia State Agency of Medicines (Riigi Ravimiamet) What’s New Page (English) http://www.sam.ee/new.htm

et.gif (4314 bytes) Ethiopia
Ityop'ya
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Official language: Amharic

 
eun.gif (1530 bytes) European Union
Europæiske Union
Europese Unie
Euroopan Unioni
Union Européenne
Europäische Union
Unione Europea
União Europeia
Unión Europea
Europeiska Unionen

Official languages: ..Danish
..Dutch
..English
..Finnish
..French
..German
..Greek
..Italian
..Portuguese
..Spanish
..Swedish

European Commission

European Environment Agency

European Committee for Standardization

European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines (European Pharmacopoeia)

Europe EDQM (European Department for the Quality of Medicines) http://www.pheur.org/

Europe Electronic Directory of European Institutions http://www.europa.eu.int/idea/ideaen.html

Europe EMEA (Eudranet Home Page) http://www.eudra.org/

Europe EMEA (European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products) http://www.eudra.org/emea.html

Europe EMEA (European Medicines Evaluation Agency) Main Page http://www.eudra.org/en_home.htm

Europe EMEA (European Medicines Evaluation Agency) What’s New Page http://www.eudra.org/whatsnew.htm

Europe EU Law Database: http://www.europa.eu.int/celex

Europe EUCOMED http://www.eucomed.be/

Europe EudraLex: Volume 1 - Pharmaceutical legislation: Medicinal Products for Human Use http://dg3.eudra.org/eudralex/vol-1/home.htm

Europe EudraLex: Volume 2 - Notice to Applicants (2A: Procedures for marketing authorisation; 2B: Presentation and content of the dossier) http://dg3.eudra.org/eudralex/vol-2/home.htm

Europe EudraLex: Volume 3 - Guidelines: Medicinal Products for Human Use (3A: Qualitiy and biotchnology; 3B: Safety, environment and information; 3C: Efficacy) http://dg3.eudra.org/eudralex/vol-3/home.htm

Europe EudraLex: Volume 4 - Pharmaceutical legislation: Medicinal Products for Human and Veterinary Use - Good Manufacturing Practices http://dg3.eudra.org/eudralex/vol-4/home.htm

Europe EudraLex: Volume 5 - Pharmaceutical legislation: Veterinary Medicinal Products http://dg3.eudra.org/eudralex/vol-5/home.htm

Europe EudraLex: Volume 6 - Notice to Applicants Veterinary Medicinal Products (6A: Procedures for marketing authorisation; 6B: Presentation and content of the dossier) http://dg3.eudra.org/eudralex/vol-6/home.htm

Europe EudraLex: Volume 7 - Guidelines: Veterinary Medicinal Products (7A: General, efficacy, environmental risk assessment; 7B: Immunologicals, quality) http://dg3.eudra.org/eudralex/vol-7/home.htm

Europe European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA), London http://www.eudra.org/frame/frametest3.html

Europe European Commission - DG III http://dg3.eudra.org/

Europe European Commission - Directorate General IA Information Unit - Phare http://www.europa.int/en/comm/dg1a/phare.html

Europe European Commission - Directorate General III http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/dg03/index_en.htm

Europe European Commission - Directorate General XI http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/dg11/index_en.htm

Europe European Commission Host Organization (ECHO) / I*M Europe http://www2.echo.lu/echo/de/home.html

Europe European Commission http://www.europa.eu.int

Europe European Environment Agency http://www.eea.eu.int

Europe European Law Database http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/

Europe European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), Lissabon http://www.emcdda.org/

Europe European National Medicines Authorities http://heads.medagencies.com/

Europe European Occupational Safety and Health Agencyhttp://www.eu-osha.es

Europe EUROPEN - European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment http://www.europen.be

Europe - Guidelines on a medical devices vigilance system
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/medical_devices/guidelinesmed/2_12-1___04-1998.pdf

Europe - Guidelines relating to medical devices Directives http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/medical_devices/guidelinesmed/baseguidelines.htm

Europe Heads of European Veterinary Regulatory Authorities for medicinal products http://www.hevra.org/

Europe Heads of Regulatory Agencies http://heads.medagencies.org/

Europe Official Journal of European Communities http://www.europa.eu.int/eur-lex

Europe Official Journal of the European Communities (Contents of issues available online ) http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/index.html

Europe Official Journal of the European Communities (English) http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/index.html

European Union - CEN http://www.cenorm.be/default.htm (European Committee for Standardization)

European Union - EU Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium http://www.eucommittee.be/fseu.htm ((Represents American Business in Europe))

European Union - Europa http://europa.eu.int/geninfo/info-en.htm (EC's Official Publication House)

European Union - EuroParl http://www.europarl.eu.int/sg/tree/en/default.htm (The Multilingual Web Server of the European Parliament)

European Union - European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) http://www2.eudra.org

European Union - European Commission http://europa.eu.int/comm/index_en.htm

European Union - European Commission - DG III-E-3 Pharmaceuticals & Cosmetics http://dg3.eudra.org/

European Union - European Department for the Quality of Medicines http://www.pheur.org/ (formerly the European Pharmacopeia Secretariat - established European laboratories network)

European Union - European Union Member States http://europa.eu.int/gonline_en.html

Enterprise DG-E3 - The Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics Unit of the EC Enterprise DG

Joint Research Centre

Joint Research Centre - IHCP Institute for Health and Consumer Protection

Research DG - (formerly DG XII)

Health and Consumer Protection DG - (brings together the former DG V and DG XXIV)

European Pharmacopoeia - Part of the Council of Europe's European Department for the Quality of Medicines

fk.gif (5189 bytes) Falkland Islands (Dependency of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Official language: English

 
fo.gif (1237 bytes) Faroes (Dependency of Denmark)
Føroyar
Færøerne

Official languages: Faroese, Danish

 
fj.gif (4047 bytes) Fiji
Viti
Republic of the Fiji Islands

Official languages: Fijian, English

 
fi.gif (940 bytes) Finland
Suomi
Suomen Tasavalta
Republiken Finland
Republic of Finland

Official languages: Finnish, Swedish

National. Public Health Institute

Institute of Occupational Health
Finnish Standards Association

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

National Agency for Medicines

National Food Administration

Finland Finnish Institute of Occupational Health http://www.occuphealth.fi/

Finland Kansaneläkelaitos (Kela)/Social Insurance Institution http://www.kela.fi/

Finland Kansanterveyslaitos (KTL)/National Public Health Institute http://www.ktl.fi/

Finland National Agency for Medicines (Lääkelaitos Läkemedelsveerket) http://www.nam.fi/index.htm

Finland National Agency for Medicines (Lääkelaitos Läkemedelsveerket) (English) http://www.nam.fi/english/index.htm

Finland SFS/Finnish Standards Association http://www.sfs.fi/

Finland Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö/Ministry of Social Affairs and Health http://www.vn.fi/vn/stm/

Finland STAKES/National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES) http://www.stakes.fi/

Finland Valtioneuvosto/Council of State http://www.vn.fi/

Finland - National Agency for Medicines http://www.nam.fi/english/index.htm

fr.gif (1140 bytes) France
République française

Official language: French

Ministry of Health (in French)

AFSSAP (Sanitary Safety of Health Products Agency (in French)

France Centre National de l'Equipement Hospitalier (CNEH) - (National Centre for Hospital Expertise) http://www.cneh.fr/

France l'Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits de Santé (AFSSAPS) http://agmed.sante.gouv.fr/

France L'Agence Nationale d'Accréditation et d'Evaluation en Sante http://www.anaes.fr/ANAES/Framedef.nsf/ANAES?ReadForm

France - Agence du Médicament (AGMED) http://agmed.sante.gouv.fr/ ((Agency of Medicines))

France - Centre National de l'Equipement Hospitalier (CNEH) http://www.cneh.fr/ ((National Centre for Hospital Expertise))

France - L'Agence Nationale d'Accréditation et d'Evaluation en Sante http://www.anaes.fr/ANAES/Framedef.nsf/ANAES?ReadForm

ga.gif (743 bytes) Gabon
République Gabonaise

Official language: French

 
gm.gif (907 bytes) Gambia
The Gambia

Official languages: English, Mandinka, Wolof, Ful

 
ge.gif (780 bytes) Georgia
Sak'art'velo
Sakartvelo

Official language: Georgian

 
de.gif (783 bytes) Germany
Deutschland
Federal Republic of Germany
Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Official language: German

BfArM

Bundesministerium für Gesundheit

BVMed

PEI

Germany Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur Förderung der Qualitätssicherung in der Medizin (AQS), Köln http://www.aqs.de/

Germany Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF), Düsseldorf http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/WWW/AWMF/

Germany BIOMED-II-Project - Establishment of a European Information Network in the fields of Ethics in Medicine, Health Professions and Health Care http://www.gwdg.de/~uelsner/euroeth.htm

Germany BMG (German Federal Ministry of Health) http://www.bmgesundheit.de/aktuell/eu/leit.htm

Germany BML (German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry) http://www.bml.de/

Germany Bundesärztekammer (BÄK) - German Medical Association, Köln http://www.bundesaerztekammer.de/

Germany Bundesfachverband der Arzneimittel-Hersteller e.V. (BAH), Bonn http://www.bah-bonn.de/

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

Germany Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin (BgVV), Berlin http://www.bgvv.de/

Germany Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Federal Ministry of Health) http://www.bmgesundheit.de/

Germany Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Federal Ministry of Health) (English) http://www.bmgesundheit.de/pages/leit.htm

Germany Bundesverband der Pharmazeutischen Industrie e.V. (BPI), Frankfurt/Main http://www.bpi.de/

Germany Bundeszahnärztekammer (BZÄK) und Kassenzahnärztliche Bundesvereinigung (KZBV), Köln http://www.bzaek.de/

Germany Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA), Köln http://www.bzga.de/

Germany BVMed (Bundesfachverb and Medizinprodukteindustrie) English Section http://www.bvmed.de/#English

Germany BVMed (Bundesfachverb and Medizinprodukteindustrie) http://www.bvmed.de/

Germany Centre for Agricultural Documentation and Information (ZADI), Bonn http://www.dainet.de/zadi/zadi.htm

Germany Cochrane Collaboration - Cochrane Germany, Freiburg http://www.cochrane.de/deutsch/index.html

Germany DBV-OSI II - Deutscher Bibliothekenverbund Open Systems Interconnection http://www.ddb.de/online/index.htm

Germany Dokumentations- und Informationsstelle für Umweltfragen der Kinderärzte (DISU), Osnabrück http://www.disa.de/

Germany Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte - BfArM) Splash Page http://www.bfarm.de

Germany Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte - BfArM) Main Page http://www.bfarm.de/de_ver/

Germany Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte - BfArM) (English) http://www.bfarm.de/gb_ver/

Germany Federal Ministry of Health, Bonn http://www.bmgesundheit.de/

Germany Federal Statistical Office of Germany, Wiesbaden http://www.statistik-bund.de/e_home.htm

Germany Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (FhG), München http://www.fhg.de/german/

Germany German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg http://www.dkfz-heidelberg.de/

Germany German Center for Documentation and Information in Agriculture (ZADI), Bonn http://www.dainet.de/zadi/zadi.htm

Germany German Library Institute (DBI), Berlin http://www.dbi-berlin.de/

Germany German National Library of Agriculture Science (ZBL), Bonn http://www.dainet.de/zbl/

Germany German National Library of Medicine (ZBMed), Cologne http://www.uni-koeln.de/zentral/zbib-med/index.html

Germany Gesellschaft Sozialwissenschaftlicher Infrastruktureinrichtungen (GESIS) http://www.social-science-gesis.de/

Germany GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health, Munich http://www.gsf.de/

Germany Hartmann Bund - Verband der Ärzte Deutschlands e.V., Bonn http://www.hartmannbund.de/

Germany Information and Documentation Center Ethics in Medicine (IDEM), Göttingen http://www.gwdg.de/~ukee/idem.htm

Germany Information Network of Departments of Dermatology (IVDK), Göttingen http://www.ivdk.gwdg.de/titelbr.html

Germany InfoSCHUL - "Nutzung elektronischer und multimedialer Informationsquellen in Schulen" http://www.scientificconsulting.de/infoschul/

Germany Institute of Health Sciences - Documentation Center for Hospital Health Care (IFG), Berlin http://www.heclinet.tu-berlin.de/index.htm

Germany Kassenärztlichen Bundesvereinigung (KBV), Köln http://www.kbv.de/

Germany Landesinstitut für den Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst NRW (lögd), Bielefeld http://www.loegd.nrw.de/

Germany Landesinstitut für den Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst NRW (lögd), Bielefeld http://www.loegd.nrw.de/

Germany Marburger Bund - Verband der angestellten und beamteten Ärztinnen und Ärzte http://www.marburger-bund.de/

Germany Max - Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin http://www.mdc-berlin.de/html/mdc-home.html

Germany Minister and State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Health http://www.bmgesundheit.de/pages/min.htm

Germany NAV-Virchow Bund - Verband der niedergelassenen Ärzte Deutschlands http://www.medi-netz.com/nav.htm

Germany Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (English) http://www.pei.de/ivd/eninfo.htm

Germany Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Bundesamt für Sera und Impfstoffe (PEI), Langen http://www.pei.de/

Germany Robert Koch-Institut (RKI), Berlin http://www.rki.de/

Germany The German Center for Documentation and Information in Psychology (ZPID), Trier http://www.uni-trier.de/zpid

Germany TUV Product Services http://www.tuvps.com

Germany Verband Forschender Arzneimittelhersteller e.V. (VFA), Bonn http://www.vfa.de/

Germany Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V. (MPG), München http://www.mpg.de/

Germany - BfArM -Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte http://www.bfarm.de/de_ver/ (Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices)

Germany - DIMDI - Deutsches Institut für medizinische Dokumentation und Information http://www.dimdi.de/homeeng.htm (German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information)

gh.gif (963 bytes) Ghana

Official language: English

 
gi.gif (2199 bytes) Gibraltar (Dependency of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
United Kingdom Dependent Territory, formerly Crown Colony of Gibraltar

Official language: English

 
gb.gif (2656 bytes) Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Official languages: English - in parts of the country: Welsh

British Pharmacopoeia 

Commission Laboratory

Committee on Safety of Medicines

Department of Health

Her Majesty's Stationary Office

Medicines Control Authority
.....(What's New)

Medical Devices Agency
.....(What's New)

Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD)

United Kingdom Department of Health http://www.open.gov.uk/doh/dhhome.htm

United Kingdom Medical Devices Agency (MDA) http://www.open.gov.uk/mda/mdahome.htm

United Kingdom Medical Devices Agency http://www.open.gov.uk/mda/mdahome.htm

United Kingdom Medical Devices Agency Main Page http://www.medical-devices.gov.uk

United Kingdom Medical Devices Agency What’s New Page http://www.medical-devices.gov.uk/whatsnew.htm

United Kingdom Medicines Control Agency Main Page http://www.open.gov.uk/mca/mcahome.htm

United Kingdom Medicines Control Agency What’s New Page http://www.open.gov.uk/mca/whatsnew.htm

United Kingdom - British Information Services in New York http://www.dti.gov.uk/public/search.html

United Kingdom - Department of Health http://www.open.gov.uk/doh/dhhome.htm

United Kingdom - Human Genetics Advisory Commission http://www.dti.gov.uk/hgac/

United Kingdom - Medical Devices Agency http://www.medical-devices.gov.uk/

United Kingdom - Medicines Control Agency http://www.open.gov.uk/mca/mcahome.htm

United Kingdom - National Institute for Biological Standards and Control http://www.nibsc.ac.uk/

gr.gif (1760 bytes) Greece
Ellas
Ellás
Hellenic Republic
Ellinikì Dhimokratìa

Official language: Greek

Ministry of Health and Welfare / National Organisation for Medicines

National Documentation Centre

Greece Greek National Documentation Center (NDC) http://www.ekt.org.gr/

Greece National Drug Organization of Greece http://heads.medagencies.com/greece.htm

gl.gif (1389 bytes) Greenland (Dependency of Denmark)
Grønland
Kalaallit Nunaat
Greenland (Denmark)
Kalaallit Nunaat

Official languages: Danish, Greenlandic

 
gd.gif (4061 bytes) Grenada

Official language: English

 
gu.gif (2376 bytes) Guam (Dependency of United States of America)
Territory of Guam

Official language: English

 
gt-s.gif (3449 bytes) Guatemala
República de Guatemala
Republic of Guatemala

Official language: Spanish

 
gb-guern.gif (1502 bytes) Guernsey (Dependency of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Bailiwick of Guernsey

Official language: English

 
gn.gif (1180 bytes) Guinea
Guinée
Republic of Guinea
République de Guinée

Official language: French

 
gw.gif (1293 bytes) Guinea-Bissau
Guiné-Bissau

Official language: Portuguese

 
gy.gif (4375 bytes) Guyana
Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Official language: English

 
ht-state.gif (4465 bytes) Haiti
Dayti
République d'Haïti
Repiblik Dayti
Republic of Haiti

Official languages: French, Creole

 
hn.gif (2287 bytes) Honduras
Republica de Honduras
Republic of Honduras

Official language: Spanish

Ministerio de Salud

Honduras Ministerio de Salud http://www.paho-who.hn/ssalud.htm

hk.gif (2014 bytes) Hong Kong (Dependency of China (People's Republic))
Xianggang

Official languages: Chinese, English

Department of Health

Government Laboratory

Hong Kong Department of Health Home Page (English) http://www.info.gov.hk/dh/

Hong Kong Department of Health Home Page http://www.info.gov.hk

Hong Kong Department of Health What’s New Page http://www.info.gov.hk/dh/new/index.htm

Hong Kong Government Laboratory Home Page (English) http://www.info.gov.hk/govlab/english/index.htm

Hong Kong Government Laboratory Home Page http://www.info.gov.hk/govlab/english/index.htm

Hong Kong Government Laboratory What’s New Page (English) http://www.info.gov.hk/govlab/english/co-news.htm

Hong Kong Government Laboratory What’s New Page http://www.info.gov.hk/govlab/chinese/co-news.htm

Hong Kong - Department of Health http://www.info.gov.hk/dh

Hong Kong - Hong Kong Government Laboratory http://www.info.gov.hk/govlab/english/index.htm

hu.gif (1713 bytes) Hungary
Magyarország
Magyar Köztársaság
Republic of Hungary

Official language: Hungarian

National Institute of Pharmacy
is.gif (2017 bytes) Iceland
Island

Official language: Icelandic

Icelandic Medicines Control Agency

Laws and Regulations

Iceland Government: http://www.stjr.is

Iceland Government: http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/is.html

Iceland Parliament: http://www.althingi.is

in.gif (4354 bytes) India
Bharat
Republic of India
Bharatavarsha

Official languages: Hindi, English - in parts of the country: various languages

Department of Biotechnology

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Department of Indian Systems of Medicine & Homoeopathy

India Department of Biotechnology - (within the Ministry of Science and Technology) http://www.nic.in/India-Image/dbt/

India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare http://www.nic.in/mohfw

India - Department of Biotechnology http://www.nic.in/India-Image/dbt/ ((within the Ministry of Science and Technology))

India - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare http://www.nic.in/mohfw

  INFARMED

http://www.infarmed.pt/home.html Instituto Nacional da Farmácia e do Medicamento (National Institute of Pharmacy and Medicines)

id.gif (635 bytes) Indonesia
Republik Indonesia

Official language: Bahasa Indonesia

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

Indonesia - Ministry of Health http://www.depkes.go.id/english

Indonesia Ministry of Health http://www.depkes.go.id/english

ir.gif (2015 bytes) Iran
Irân
Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran

Official language: Persian

 
iq.gif (1447 bytes) Iraq
Al-Jumhuriyah al-Iraqiyah
The Republic of Iraq

Official language: Arabic

 
ie.gif (2165 bytes) Ireland
Éire
Republic of Ireland
Poblacht na hÉireann

Official languages: English, Irish

Department of Health and Children

Irish Medicines Board

Ireland Irish Medicines Board News 
il.gif (1030 bytes) Israel
Yisra'él
Isra'il
State of Israel
Medinat Yisra'el
Daulat Isra'il

Official languages: Hebrew, Arabic

Ministry of Health

Israel Institute for Biological Research http://www.iibr.gov.il/
it.gif (1134 bytes) Italy
Italia
Repubblica Italiana
Republic of Italy

Official languages: Italian - in parts of the country: German, French

Ministry of Health (in Italian only)

Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) http://www.iss.it/english/homei.htm ((Italian National Institute of Health))

Ministero della Sanita http://www.sanita.it ((in Italian))