This is a collection of links to the most important government offices and organizations concerning medicinal plants and alternative medicine with analyze & realize ag comments to them (updated 9 October 2003):
Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte BfArM
Current information about registration and security of medicine and medicinal devices in Germany. Downloads of sample texts and forms are availiable. Procedural debates and decisions are reported here. Under „Besondere Therapierichtungen“ there is information on alternative therapies. http://www.bfarm.de
The European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products EMEA
Current registration questions, Medicine security and security of medical products within the EU. Downloads of sample texts and forms are available. Procedural debates and new decisions are reported here. http://www.emea.eu.int
Current information about health related consumer protection and valuable information on chemicals, foods, plastics, cosmetics and animal testing. They are also responsible for the registration of dietary supplements. http://www.bgvv.de
This is a service portal for that want to become active on the European market. It contains information about drug security and medical products. It is possible to order relevant services. http://www.eudra.org
Bundesverband der Arzneimittel-Hersteller e.V. BAH
Statistics about drugs, yearly reports on the pharmaceutical industry. Information about publications and events, general information. Selected reports are only available to members. http://www.bah-bonn.de
Bundesverband der Pharmazeutischen Industrie e.V. BPI
A very good source for statistics related to the pharmaceutical market, marketing data, and a forum to lobby the industry, News. http://www.bpi.de/internet
Food and Drug Administration FDA
The internet site of the American regulation agency. Essential information about registration questions related to medicine, dietary supplements, functional foods and cosmetics in the USA. The target group includes physicians, consumers and the industry. http://www.fda.gov
This is a very informative website about general health subjects, particularly from an epidemiological viewpoint. Statistics on individual diseases world wide as well as information about the situation in specific countries are available. Contains monographs to medicinal plants. http://www.who.int/en
Information about nutrition and food worldwide. http://www.who.int/fsf
This site contains current information about medicine and medicinal plants as well as further education, an account of the activities of the organization, book publication and other areas. http://www.koop-phyto.org
Gesellschaft für Phytotherapie e.V.
This is the website of the conservatively oriented German community for phytotherapy. It contains current information from medical research, a collection of links on related subjects, an overview of scientific prices, publications, and a magazine about phytotherapy. http://www.phytotherapy.org
Gesellschaft für Arzneipflanzenforschung
A similar offering to that of the Gesellschaft für Phytotherapie, but not as complete. http://www.ga-online.org
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Phytotherapie
The Austrian branch of the German Gesellschaft für Phytotherapie. http://www.phytotherapie.at
Schweizerische Medizinische Gesellschaft für Phytotherapie
The Swedish branch of the Gesellschaft für Phytotherapie. http://www.smgp.ch
The European Scientific Cooperative ESCOP
This site offers complex information about phytotherapy Europe wide. Contains a great many links. http://www.escop.com
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