NIPER ABBREVIATIONS

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

BMA British Medical Association

BMJ British Medical Journal

BPC Bulk Pharmaceutical Chemicals

BPI British Pharmaceutical Index

BrAPP British Association of Pharmaceutical Physicians

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 Medicine

CTC Clinical Trials Centre

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

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

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

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

PDS Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety (journal)

PEM Prescription Event Monitoring PHRMA Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association

PIL Package Insert Leaflet

PMDA Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, Japan PMS Post-Marketing Surveillance POM Prescription Only Medicine PSM Procurement and Supply Management PSUR Periodic Safety Update Report

QA Quality Assurance

QSM-WHO Quality Assurance and Safety of Medicines (WHO)

R&D Research and Development

RAPS Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society

RCT Randomised Clinical Trials

RDE Remote Data Entry

RDS Research Defence Society

REC Research Ethics Committee

RGN Registered General Nurse

RPSGB Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

RSM Royal Society of Medicine

Rx Prescription

SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

SCDM Society for Clinical Data Management

SIDS Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

SIGAR Special Interest Group on Adverse Reactions

TGA Therapeutic Goods Administration, Australia

TMF Trial Master File

UDV Unit Dose Vial

UKECA United Kingdom Ethics Committee Authority

USP United States Pharmacopoeia

WIPO World Intellectual Patent Office