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The purposes of the Association are to promote and disseminate the pharmaceutical sciences throughout the Commonwealth and to improve the quality and range of services offered there by professional pharmacists. www.commonwealthpharmacy.org CPA Secretariat, 1 Lambeth High Street,
London SE1 7JN
United Kingdom admin@commonwealthpharmacy.org
The Spanish National Health System – Management of these services has been progressively transferred to the distinct autonomous communities of Spain, while some continue to be operated by the National Institute of Health Management (Instituto Nacional de Gestión Sanitaria, INGESA), part of the Ministry of Health and Social Policy (which superseded the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs—Ministerio de Sanidad » Continue Reading.
The vote in the European Parliament that passed the revamped Tobacco Products Directive will have some e-cigarette manufacturers contemplating the costly and often lengthy process of medicines licensing, in order to compete with larger firms able to afford the advantages that a marketing authorisation could bring.
The HAS is an independent public authority which contributes to the regulation of the health care system by the quality. It carries out its duties in the field assessment of health products, professional practices, the organisation of care and public health. www.has-sante.fr 2, avenue du Stade de France, 93218 Saint-Denis La Plaine Cedex Personal contacts via online form
The French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction is a public interest group that seeks to provide information on drugs and drug addiction issues to public authorities, professionals working in the field and all concerned citizens. It brings together, through its permanent observation and survey system, scientifically validated information from different sources on licit and illicit substances. www.ofdt.fr 3, » Continue Reading.
Snitem’s main missions are to inform, to support and to federate, but also: • to organise the nationwide grouping of companies working in the market of products or services which come under the Medical Technology, Medical Device and Healthcare ICT industries; • to examine and defend the economic and industrial interests of its members and to represent them, both in » Continue Reading.
An independent federal higher authority within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Health. At the BfArM, (physicians, pharmacists, chemists, biologists, lawyers, engineers, technical assistants, administrative staff etc.) are involved in the tasks of licensing, improving the safety of medicinal products, detecting and evaluating the risks of medical devices, and monitoring the legal traffic in narcotic drugs and precursors. The » Continue Reading.
A federal institution in the Division of the Federal Ministry of health. It promotes quality, efficacy and safety of biomedical drugs through research and testing. www.pei.de Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines, Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 51-59, 63225 Langen, Germany pei@pei.de
An independent federal higher authority within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Health. At the BfArM, (physicians, pharmacists, chemists, biologists, lawyers, engineers, technical assistants, administrative staff etc.) are involved in the tasks of licensing, improving the safety of medicinal products, detecting and evaluating the risks of medical devices, and monitoring the legal traffic in narcotic drugs and precursors. The » Continue Reading.
Scottish doctors have called for a ban on the use of e-cigarettes in public buildings.
More relaxed regulatory environments on e-cigarettes would help smokers use the technology to quit tobacco, according to three Italian academics.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has surprised observers with a dramatic rethink of its stance on combustible tobacco.
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