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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/

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Official language: English

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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

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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)

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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))

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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)

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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))

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Official languages: English, French

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/

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Official language: English

Official languages: Sangho, French

Official languages: French, Arabic

Official language: Spanish

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))

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

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

Official language: Chinese

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/

Official language: Spanish

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/

Official languages: Arabic, French, Comorian

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Official language: French

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Official language: Spanish

Official language: French

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Official language: Turkish

Official language: Czech

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))

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

Official languages: French, Arabic

Official language: English

Official language: Spanish

Official language: Spanish

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

Official language: Spanish

Official language: Spanish

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

Official languages: Tigrinya, Arabic

Official language: Estonian

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

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..German
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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

Official language: English

Official languages: Faroese, Danish

Official languages: Fijian, English

Official languages: Finnish, Swedish

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

Official language: 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

Official language: French

Official languages: English, Mandinka, Wolof, Ful

Official language: Georgian

Official language: German

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)

Official language: English

Official language: English

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

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/

Official language: Greek

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

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

Official languages: Danish, Greenlandic

Official language: English

Official language: English

Official language: Spanish

Official language: English

Official language: French

Official language: Portuguese

Official language: English

Official languages: French, Creole

Official language: Spanish

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

Official languages: Chinese, English

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

Official language: Hungarian

Official language: Icelandic

Laws and Regulations

• Act on Medical Devices No 16/2001
• The Medicinal Products Act No. 93/1994
• Regulation concerning marketing authorisations for proprietary medicinal products, their labelling and package leaflets No. 462/2000
  

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

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

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

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

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

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

Official language: Bahasa Indonesia

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

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

Official language: Persian

Official language: Arabic

Official languages: English, Irish

Official languages: Hebrew, Arabic

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

Official language: English

Official language: Japanese

Japan MHW - Ministry of Health and Welfare http://www.mhw.go.jp/english/index.html

Japan National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS) http://www.nihs.go.jp/index.html

Japan - MHW http://www.mhw.go.jp/english/index.html (Ministry of Health and Welfare)

Japan - National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS) http://www.nihs.go.jp/index.html

Official language: English

Official language: Arabic

Official language: Kazak

Official language: Swahili

Kenya - Embassy of the Republic of Kenya http://www.kenyaembassy.com/

Kenya - Ministry of Health http://www.kenyaweb.com/kenyagov/health/health.html

Official languages: Gilbertese, English

Official language: Korean

Official language: Korean

Korea Food and Drug Administration (English) http://www.kfda.go.kr/english/index.html

Korea Food and Drug Administration http://www.kfda.go.kr/

Korea Ministry of Health and Welfare http://www.mohw.go.kr/hp/owa/ha003.general_count

Korea (Republic) - Ministry of Health and Welfare http://www.mohw.go.kr/hp/owa/ha003.general_count

Official language: Arabic

Official language: Kyrgyz

Official language: Lao

Official language: Latvian

Official languages: Arabic, French

Official languages: Sesotho, English

Official language: English

Official language: Arabic

Official language: German

Liechtenstein http://www.lol.li

Liechtenstein http://www.news.li

Liechtenstein http://www.firstlink.li

Official language: Lithuanian

Official languages: French, German

Luxembourg - Homepage of the Luxembourg Government http://www.luxembourg.lu/

Luxembourg - Ministere de la Sante http://www.santel.lu/MIN/ (Ministry of Health (in French))

Official languages: Portuguese, Chinese

Official language: Macedonian

Official languages: Malagasy, French

Official languages: Chichewa, English

Official language: Malay

Malaysia Department of Public Health http://dph.gov.my/

Malaysia Institute for Medical Research http://imr.gov.my/

Malaysia Ministry of Health http://www.moh.gov.my/

Malaysia - Department of Public Health http://dph.gov.my

Malaysia - Institute for Medical Research http://imr.gov.my/

Malaysia - Ministry of Health http://www.moh.gov.my/

Official language: Divehi

Official language: French

Official languages: Maltese, English

Official language: English

Official language: English

Official language: Arabic

Official language: English

Official language: French

Official language: Spanish

Mexico - Embassy of Mexico (in London, Great Britain, and Northern Ireland) http://www.demon.co.uk/mexuk/

Mexico - Secretaria de Salud http://www.ssa.gob.mx (Ministry of Health (in Spanish))

Official language: English

Official language: Romanian

Official language: French

Official language: Mongolian

Official language: English

Official language: Arabic

Official language: Portuguese

Official language: Burmese

Official language: English

Official languages: Nauruan, English

Official language: Nepali

Official languages: Dutch - in parts of the country: Frisian

Netherlands Institute for Scientific Information Services (NIWI), Amsterdam http://www.niwi.knaw.nl/

Netherlands - Advisory Council for Health Research http://www.xs4all.nl/~rgo/Eng/index.html

Netherlands - Medicines Evaluation Board http://www.cbg-meb.nl/

Netherlands - Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport http://www.minvws.nl/index.asp?Language=INTERNATIONAL (Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (in English & Dutch))

Official language: French

Official languages: English, Maori

New Zealand MEDSAFE Main Page http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/indexother.htm

New Zealand Ministry of Health Main Page http://210.48.125.104/moh.nsf

New Zealand Ministry of Health Main Page http://www.health.govt.nz/

New Zealand Ministry of Health What’s New Page http://210.48.125.104/moh.nsf/wpg_Index/News+and+Issues-Whats+new+@+Contents

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

Official language: Spanish

Official language: French

Official language: English

Official languages: Niuean, English

Official languages: English, Chamorro, Carolinian

Official language: Norwegian

Norway Royal Ministry of Social Affairs and Health http://www.odin.dep.no/shd/

Norway - Norwegian Board of Health http://www.helsetilsynet.no/english.htm

Norway - Sosial- og helsedepartementet (SHD) http://odin.dep.no/shd (Royal Ministry of Social Affairs & Health (in Norwegian))

Norwegian Government and Ministries: http://www.odin.dep.no

Norwegian Parliament: http://www.stortinget.no

Mission of Norway to the European Union: http://www.eu-norway.org/

Official language: Arabic

Official languages: Urdu, English

Official languages: Palauan, English

Official language: Arabic

Official language: Spanish

Official languages: English, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu

Official languages: Spanish, Guarani

Official languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara

Peru (Ministerio de Salud) Ministry of Health http://www.digesa.sld.pe/

Official language: Pilipino

Philippines Department of Health http://www.doh.gov.ph/

Philippines - Department of Health http://www.doh.gov.ph

Official language: English

Official language: Polish

Poland - Official Website of Poland - Health Service and Care http://poland.pl/health/

Official language: French

Official language: Portuguese

Portugal - General Directorate of Health http://www.dgsaude.pt/ ((in Portuguese))

Portugal - Ifarmed http://www.infarmed.pt/home.html (National Institute of Pharmacy & Medicines (in Portuguese))

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

Official languages: Spanish, English

Official language: Arabic

Official language: Romanian

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

Official languages: Kinyarwanda, French, English

Official language: Portuguese

Official language: English

Official language: English

Official language: English

Official language: English

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Official languages: Samoan, English

Official language: English

Official language: Italian

Official language: Arabic

Official languages: French, Wolof

Official language: Creole

Official language: English

Official language: English

Singapore Ministry of Health http://www.gov.sg/moh

Singapore Ministry of Health http://www.gov.sg/moh/isfm/radpro.html

Singapore - Ministry of Health http://www.gov.sg/moh

Official language: Slovak

Slovakia - Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic http://www.health.gov.sk/ ((English version under construction))

Official language: Slovene

Slovenian State Institutions on the Web- link functional Dec 4, 2002

Ministrstvuo za zdravje (Ministry of Health) No English - link functional Dec 4, 2002

National Institute of Public Health- link functional Dec 4, 2002

Agency for Medicinal Products - link not functional Dec 4, 2002

Standards and Metrology Institute of the Republic of Slovenia - link functional Dec 4, 2002

Univerza v Ljubljani - Faculty of Pharmacy- link functional Dec 4, 2002

Official language: English

Official language: Somali

Official language: Somali

Official languages: English, Afrikaans, Ndebele, Sepedi, Sesotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu

South Africa - HealthLink http://www.healthlink.org.za/

South Africa - South African Consulate General, New York - Health http://www.southafrica-newyork.net/health.htm

Official languages: Spanish - in parts of the country: Catalan, Galician, Basque

Spain - Embassy of Spain - Information Office http://www.spainemb.org/information/indexin.htm

Spain - Insalud http://www.msc.es/insalud (National Institute of Health (in Spanish))

Spain - Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo http://www.msc.es/ (Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs (in Spanish))

Official languages: Sinhalese, Tamil

Official language: Arabic

Republiek Suriname,Republic of Suriname

Official language: Dutch

Official language: Swati

Official language: Swedish

Sweden National Board of Health and Welfare http://www.sos.se

Sweden National Board of Health and Welfare, Medical Devices Section http://www.sos.se/sose/nt/medtekn/cemark.htm

Sweden - Läkemedelsverket http://www.mpa.se/eng/index.htm (Medical Products Agency)

Sweden - Socialstyrelsen http://www.sos.se/sose/nt/medtekn/cemark.htm (National Board of Health and Welfare; link to medical device information (in English))

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

Switzerland - Embassy of Switzerland http://www.swissemb.org/

Switzerland - Gesundheitsinformationsnetz Basel-Stadt http://www.unibas.ch/ncunibs/ (Office of Health (in German))

Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (SFOPH)
http://www.bag.admin.ch/amt/e/index.htm

The Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation: http://www.admin.ch

Swiss Parliament: http://www.parlament.ch/

Official language: Arabic

Official language: Tajik

Official language: Swahili

Official language: Thai

Thailand http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/th.html

Thailand Food and Drug Administration - (in Thai) http://www.fda.moph.go.th/

Thailand - Directories of Thailand - Links to Government Agencies http://www.nectec.or.th/directories/government.htm

Thailand - Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.moph.go.th/ ((in Thai))

Thailand - Ministry of Public Health http://www.moph.go.th/welcome.htm ((in Thai))

Official languages: French, Kabye, Ewe

Official language: Tongan

Official language: English

Official language: Arabic

Official language: Turkish

Official language: Turkmen

Official language: English

Official languages: Tuvaluan, English

Official languages: Swahili, English

Official language: Ukrainian

Official language: English

CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

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.....(What's New)

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.....Export Controls

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.....(News)

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FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
.....(What's New)

.....CBER (FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research)
..........(What's New)

.....CDER (FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research)
..........(What's New)

.....CDRH (Center for Devices and Radiological Health)
..........(What's New)

.....CFSAN (Center for Food Safety and Nutrition)
..........(What's New)

.....CVM (Center for Veterinary Medicine)
..........(What's new)

Federal Register

GAO Ggeneral Accounting Office)

HCFA(Health Care Financing Administration)
.....(What's new)

House of Representatives

USDA (US Department of Agricutlture)
.....(What's New)

.....FSIS
.........(What's New)

.....APHIS

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.....(What's New)

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.....(News)

OMB (Office of Management and Budget)

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US Code

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United States Animal and Plant Health Inspections Service (APHIS) Press Releases http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/press/press.html

United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA http://www.cdc.gov/cdc.html

United States FDA (Food and Drug Administration) http://www.fda.gov/

United States FDA 1997 Warning Letters http://www.fda.gov/cder/warn/warn1997.htm

United States FDA 1998 Warning Letters http://www.fda.gov/cder/warn/warn1998.htm

United States FDA 1999 Warning Letters http://www.fda.gov/cder/warn/warn1999.htm

United States FDA 2000 Warning Letters http://www.fda.gov/cder/warn/warn2000.htm

United States FDA CBER - Guidelines/Guidances http://www.fda.gov/cber/guidelines.htm

United States FDA CBER (Centers for Biologics Evaluation and Research) http://www.fda.gov/cber/

United States FDA CVM Notice of Regulatory Activity Letters to Pharmaceutical Companies http://www.fda.gov/cvm/fda/mappgs/promtab.htm

United States FDA Drug Approval Information http://www.fda.gov/cder/approval/index.htm

United States FDA FOI Page Warning Letters http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning.htm

United States FDA What’s New Page http://www.fda.gov/opacom/hpwhats.html

United States FDA What’s New Page http://www.fda.gov/opacom/newonweb.html

United States FDA/CBER (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research) Main Page http://www.fda.gov/cber

United States FDA/CBER (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research) What’s New Page http://www.fda.gov/cber/whatsnew.htm

United States FDA/CDER (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research) Main Page http://www.fda.gov/cder

United States FDA/CDER (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research) What’s New Page http://www.fda.gov/cder/whatsnew.htm

United States FDA/CDER DDMAC (Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications) http://www.fda.gov/cder/ddmac/index.htm

United States FDA/CDRH (Center for Devices and Radiological Health) Main Page http://www.fda.gov/cdrh

United States FDA/CDRH (Center for Devices and Radiological Health) What’s New Page http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/newpg.html

United States FDA/CFSAN (Center for Food Safety and Nutrition) Main Page http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov

United States FDA/CFSAN (Center for Food Safety and Nutrition) What’s New Page http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~news/whatsnew.html

United States FDA/CVM (Center for Veterinary Medicine) Main Page http://www.fda.gov/cvm/default.htm

United States FDA/CVM (Center for Veterinary Medicine) What’s New Page http://www.fda.gov/cvm/fda/mappgs/whatsnew.html

United States FDA's Federal Register Notices http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/98fr/98frn.htm#t

United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) http://www.fda.gov/

United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) http://www.fda.gov/

United States Food Safety and Inspection Service (US Department of Agriculture) Main Page http://www.fsis.usda.gov/

United States Food Safety and Inspection Service (US Department of Agriculture) What’s New Page http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/whatsnew.htm

United States Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), Baltimore, Maryland, USA http://www.hcfa.gov/

United States HIMA - Health Industry Manufacturers Association http://www.HIMAnet.com

United States MDMA - Medical Devices Manufacturers Association http://www.medicaldevices.org

United States National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA http://www.nih.gov/

United States NEMA - National ElectricalManufacturers Association http://www.nema.org/medical

United States US Federal Depository Libraries http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/adpos003.html

United States American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), Chicago, USA http://www.ahima.org/

Official language: Spanish

Ministry of Public Health

Ministerio de Salud Publica (Ministry of Public Health) What’s New Page http://www.msp.gub.uy/Novedades/novedade.htm

Official language: Uzbek

Official languages: Bislama, French, English

Official languages: Latin, Italian

Official language: Spanish

Official language: Vietnamese

Ministry of Health

British Virgin Islands

Official language: English

Official language: English

United States US Virgin Islands Main Page http://www.gov.vi/

United States US Virgin Islands Main Page http://www.gov.vi/index.html

United StatesUS Virgin Islands News and Help http://www.gov.vi/html/news.html

Official language: French

Official language: Arabic

Official language: Serbo-Croatian

Official language: English

Official language: English