Links

Links to relevant external companies, associations and organisations.

• Government organisations and public bodies
• Industry organisations and associations
• Patient groups and charities
• Professional bodies and learned societies
• Research councils
• Other

Government organisations and public bodies

• Advisory Group for National Specialised Services (AGNSS) www.specialisedservices.nhs.uk/info/agnss  
• All Wales Medicines Strategy Group www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/home.cfm?orgid=371  
• Department of Health www.dh.gov.uk
• European Council www.european-council.europa.eu
• European Parliament www.europarl.europa.eu  
• Health in Wales www.wales.nhs.uk
• Health and Social Care Board www.hscboard.hscni.net
• Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency www.mhra.gov.uk
• Medicines Management Forum www.hscboard.hscni.net/medicinesmanagement
• National Assembly for Wales www.assemblywales.org
• National Health Service (NHS) www.nhs.uk
• National Health Service Wales www.wales.nhs.uk
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) www.nice.org.uk
• NHS Evidence www.evidence.nhs.uk  
• National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) www.nihr.ac.uk
• NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC) www.netscc.ac.uk
• NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme www.hta.ac.uk
• NIHR Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure (NOCRI) www.nihr.ac.uk  
• Northern Ireland Assembly www.niassembly.gov.uk
• Office for Life Sciences (OLS) www.bis.gov.uk/ols
• Scottish Government Health Directorates www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk 
• Scottish Medicines Consortium www.scottishmedicines.org.uk
• The European Commission www.ec.europa.eu
• UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) www.bis.gov.uk
• UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) www.ukti.gov.uk  

top

Industry organisations and associations

• Association of British Healthcare Industries (ABHI) www.abhi.org.uk
• Bioindustry Association www.bioindustry.org
• British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA) www.bivda.co.uk 
• European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) www.efpia.org
• European Medicines Agency www.ema.europa.eu/ema
• EU Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) www.hma.eu
• International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) www.ifpma.org
• International Health Partners (IHPUK) www.ihpuk.org
• Japanese Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA) – www.jpma.or.jp/english
• Life Sciences UK www.lifesciences.org.uk
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) www.phrma.org
• Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) www.sign.ac.uk
• The Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA)  www.pmcpa.org.uk

top

Patient groups and charities

• Ask About Medicines www.askaboutmedicines.org 
• Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) www.amrc.org.uk  
• Long-term Conditions Alliance Scotland www.ltcas.org.uk
• National Voices www.nationalvoices.org.uk
• Patients Association www.patients-association.com  
• Wellcome Trust www.wellcome.ac.uk

For a comprehensive list of patient groups, please see the Ask About Medicines Information Directory.

top

Professional bodies and learned societies

• Academy of Medical Royal Colleges www.aomrc.org.uk
• Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) www.acmedsci.ac.uk 
• British Medical Association www.bma.org.uk
• British Pharmacological Society www.bps.ac.uk
• Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM) www.ihm.org.uk
• National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) www.napc.co.uk
• NHS Confederation www.nhsconfed.org
• Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) www.rcgp.org.uk
• Royal College of Nursing (RCN) www.rcn.org.uk
• Royal College of Physicians (RCP) www.rcplondon.ac.uk  
• Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) www.rcpe.ac.uk
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSED) www.rcsed.ac.uk
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) www.rpharms.com 
• The Organisation for Professionals in Regulatory Affairs (TOPRA) www.topra.org  
  

top

Research councils

• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)  www.bbsrc.ac.uk
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) www.epsrc.ac.uk  
• Medical Research Council (MRC) www.mrc.ac.uk  
• Research Councils UK (RCUK) www.rcuk.ac.uk  

top

Other

• Intercontinental Marketing Services (IMS) Health www.imshealth.com 
• Office of Health Economics (OHE) www.ohe.org
• Thomson Reuters www.thomsonreuters.com 
• The Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science www.cmr.org
• The Lancet www.thelancet.com