Useful links:

• Sources of medical information
• Official bodies
• Associations

Sources of medical information

♦  Electronic Medicines Compendium

http://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/

♦  Merck Manual

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index.html

♦ Embase

http://www.embase.com

♦ Medwatch

http://www.fda.gov/medwatch

♦ PUBMED

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

♦ British Medical Journal

http://www.bmj.com

♦  Free medical journals online

http://www.freemedicaljournals.com

♦  Medscape

http://www.medscape.com

♦ Centers for disease control and prevention

http://www.cdc.gov

♦ Medicinenet.com

http://www.medicinenet.com

Official bodies

♦ World Health Organisation

http://www.who.int/

♦ Eudravigilance

http://eudravigilance.emea.europa.eu/highres.htm

♦ NICE National Institute of Clinical Excellence

http://www.nice.org.uk

♦ NPC National Prescribing Centre - site provides access to the MeReC bulletin

http://www.npc.co.uk/

♦ NHS DIRECT 24 hour nurse-led help line

http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/

♦ Department of Health

http://www.doh.gov.uk/

♦ MHRA

http://www.mhra.gov.uk/index.htm

♦ EMA

http://www.ema.europa.eu/

♦ FDA

http://www.fda.gov/

Associations

♦ The Association of Information Officers in the Pharmaceutical Industry

http://www.aiopi.org.uk/

♦ British Generic Manufacturers Association

http://www.britishgenerics.co.uk

♦ European Generic Medicines Association

http://www.egagenerics.com/

♦ British Association of Research Quality Assurance

http://www.barqa.com/

♦ Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

http://www.pipaonline.org/