AAAS
American Association of Advancement of Science
AALAS
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
AIDS
Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome
AIOPI
Association of Information Officers of the Pharmaceutical Industry
ALF
American Liberation Front
ANDA
Abbreviated New Drug Application
BEA
Breeding for Experimental Animals
BINAS
Biosafety Information Network and Advisory Service
BMA
British Medical Association
BMJ
British Medical Journal
BPC
Bulk Pharmaceutical Chemicals
BPI
British Pharmaceutical Index
BrAPP
British Association of Pharmaceutical Physicians
BUAV
British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
CADD
Computer Aided Drug Design
CDC
Centre for Disease Control
CIOMS
Council for International Organisations of Medical Sciences
CPCSEA
Committee for Purpose of Control & Supervision of Experimental Animals
CPI
Consumer Price Index
CRA
Clinical Research Associate
CRC
Clinical Research Council
CRF
Case Report Form
CRN
Clinical Research Network
CRO
Contract Research Organisation
CSM
Committee on Safety of Medicines
CTA
Clinical Trial Authorisation (formerly the CTX, CTC, DDX)
CTC
Clinical Trial Certificate (Now CTA)
CTC
Clinical Trials Centre
CTD
Common Technical Document
CTD
Common Technical Document
CTX
Clinical Trial Exemption (Now CTA)
DRA
Drug Regulatory Affairs
DUMP
Disposal of Unwanted Medicines and Poisons
EFPIA
European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries & Associations
EMEA
European Medicine Agency
FDA
Food & Drug Administration
FIP
International Pharmaceutical Federations
GCP
Good Clinical Practices
GLP
Good Laboratory Practices
GMP
Good Manufacturing Practices
Gxp
Generic term for good practice requirements in the Pharmaceutical industry
HIS
Indian Health Services
HPLC
High Performance Liquid Chromatography
HRSA
Health Resources & Service Administration
IACUC
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IAES
Institutional Animal Ethics Committee
ICDRA
International Conference for Drug Regulatory Authorities
ICH
International Conference on Harmonization of technical requirement for
registration of pharmaceuticals
IIG
Inactive Ingredient
Guide
IMP
Investigational Medicinal Products IMP - Investigational Medicinal Products
IMPD
Investigational Medicinal Product Dossier
INDA
Investigational New Drug Application
INN
International non-proprietary names (for pharmaceutical substances)
INTDIS
International Drug Information System - the previous WHO adverse reactions
database
IPC
Indian Pharmaceutical Congress
IPGA
Indian Pharmacy Graduate Association
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
ISoP
International Society of Pharmacovigilance
ISPE
International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
MedDRA
Medical Dictionary for Drug Regulatory Affairs
NAFDAC
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Nigeria
NCPA
National Community of Pharmacist Association
NCPO
National Conference of Pharmaceutical Organisations
NDA
New Drug Application
NDMS
National Disaster Medical System
NME
New Molecule Entity
NSAID
Non-Steroidal
Anti-Inflammatory Drug
