We are pleased to provide the following links to organisations with whom we maintain a close association
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Arrhythmia Alliance The Heart Rhythm Charity |
Promoting better understanding, diagnosis, treatment and quality of life for individuals with Cardiac Arrhythmia |
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Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry |
Trade association for approximately 100 companies in the UK, producing prescription medicines |
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British National Formulary |
The BNF provides UK healthcare professionals with authoritative and practical information on the selection and clinical use of medicines in a clear, concise and accessable manner. |
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CRY - Cardiac Risk in the Young |
CRY is a charity founded in May 1995 to raise awareness of Cardiac Risk in the Young - Sudden Cardiac Death, Sudden Death Syndrome (SADS) |
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CSM - Committee on Safety of Medicines |
The CSM advises the UK Licensing Authority (Government Health Ministers) on the quality, efficacy and safety of medicines in order to ensure that appropriate public health standards are met and maintained |
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Drug Safety |
Drug Safety is the premier international journal covering the disciplines of pharmacovigilance, pharmacoepidemiology, benefit-risk assessment and risk management. The journal specializes in definitive reviews on the epidemiology, clinical features, prevention and management of adverse effects of individual drugs and drug classes. High-quality original research focusing on the clinical implications of drug treatment safety issues is also published. |
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European Medicines Agency |
The EMEA began in 1995 as a new European system for the authorisation of medicinal products. The principal scientific bodies of the EMEA are the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), the Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products (CVMP), and the Committee for Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC) |
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Expert Opinion on Drug Safety |
A widely indexed, international peer-review journal providing high-quality, comprehensive coverage of new and established drug therapies. At the forefront of drug safety monitoring, the most important and topical themes are broached in reviews where authors express their expert opinion as well as review the available data. Lively debate on the toughest pharmacovigilance issues faced by regulatory bodies is presented in the new, free to view correspondence section. |
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U.S. Food and drug Administration |
The FDA is the American regulatory body that controls food products, drugs and cosmetics in the U.S |
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International Society of Pharmacovigilance |
ISoP is concerned with the clinical dimensions of pharmacovigilance and provides a forum to raise the profile and influence of science between all major partners while aiming to assist health professionals recognise their identity as pharmacovigilance practitioners. |
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International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology |
Non-profit international professional membership organisation dedicated to promoting pharmacoepidemiology |
| J-PEM | Japanese Prescription Event Monitoring |
Following two Pilot studies of J-PEM on troglitazone (1997) and losartan (1998), a new scheme named as "J-PEM2000" will be inaugurated from late 2000 |
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Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency |
The Executive Agency of the Department of Health protecting and promoting public health and patient safety by ensuring that medicines, healthcare products and medical equipment meet appropriate standards of safety, quality, performance and effectiveness, and are used safely. |
| MEMO | The MEdicines MOnitoring Unit |
An independent pharmacoepidemiology centre, based within Ninewells Hospital and Medical School at the University of Dundee |
| NICE | National Institute for Clinical Excellence |
A special Health Authority providing guidance to the National Health service (NHS) on the use of selected new and established health technologies |
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Office of National Statistics |
UK Government Agency created to meet the needs for greater coherence, improved presentation and easier public access to government statistics |
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Provides UK based healthcare professionals with personalised medical news, educational courses, clinical articles, prescription product information, plus daily monitoring of medical web sites |
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Pharmaceutical Information & Pharmacovigilance Association |
PIPA is the professional organisation for individuals in the pharmaceutical industry involved in the provision and management of information. |
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Portsmouth University |
The Faculty of Science has a longstanding and well-deserved reputation for excellence in both research and teaching. It offers a wide range of full time and sandwich undergraduate honours degrees, along with other opportunities ranging from BTEC Higher National Diploma to MPhil and PhD degrees by research. |
| PPD | Prescription Pricing Division |
Formerly the PPA. Part of the NHS Business Services Authority. |
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A source of clinical knowledge about the common conditions generally managed in primary and first contact care, which has been designed to be used by healthcare professionals together with patients. |
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Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry |
A non-profit organisation which provides a forum for regular discussion of statistics and issues relating to the practice of statistics in the pharmaceutical industry |
| RD Direct |
An advice service for researchers working in health and social care settings. |
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| RD Info |
Provides the latest sources for health-related research funding. |
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| RD Learning |
A register of health-related research training courses. |
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SADS |
Produced by Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) to provide information for the family and relatives of a young person who has died of Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome - SADS |
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SADS UK The Ashley Jolly SAD Trust |
SADS UK is a voluntary organisation that exists to help prevent the early loss of life by raising awareness about heart conditions that can cause a Sudden Adult/Arrhythmia Death (SAD) and to improve the lives of those adversely impacted by cardiac arrhythmia. |
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Southampton University |
A research led institution in which teaching and learning take place in an active research environment |
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The Cochrane Collaboration |
An international not-for-profit organisation. Its aim is to make up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of healthcare readily available worldwide |
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Uppsala Monitoring Centre |
The main purpose and activity of the UMC is the collection of data about Adverse Drug Reactions from the worldwide community, especially from countries who are members of the WHO International Drug Monitoring Programme, their role is to generate safety signals for drugs which might possibly have problematic side-effects |
