Links

Unit Related Links

Unit 3 - Medicinies and Disease > Infections and Disease
“General Information About Antimicrobial Resistance”
Published by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)
Infectious diseases and their treatment (ABPI Schools)

Unit 3 - Medicines and Disease > Breathing and Asthma
Asthma Society of Ireland website

Irish Health.com website
NetDoctor health Information website (UK site)
Breathing and Asthma (ABPI Schools)

Unit 3 - Medicines and Disease > Cancer and its treatment
Irish Cancer Society website

Unit 4 - Preventing Disease - the role of vaccination
Health Service Executive Immunisation Website
Information on the Group C Meningitis Vaccination Programme
Health Protection Surveillance Centre
Child Vaccination Tracker

Unit 5 - Managing your minor ailments effectively
"Self Treatment of Common Ailments" – Irish College of General Practitioners website
Consumer Health Information Centre website– advice about common ailments (UK site)
NetDoctor health Information website (UK site)

Unit 6 - Researching and developing new medicines
Irish Medicines Board
European Medicines Agency (EMEA)
History of medicine (ABPI Schools)
Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals (ABPI Schools)

Unit 7 - The Pharmaceutical Industry in Ireland
Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association
Pharmachemical Ireland
Irish Development Authority (IDA)
Enterprise Ireland
Ask Ireland
Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals (ABPI Schools)
The Pharmaceutical Business (ABPI Schools)

Other General Links

Science and education related
Science.ie
Science Week
University Science
ABPI Schools

Government Departments and agencies
Department of Health & Children
Department of Education and Science
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Health Service Executive
Eastern Region, Health Service Executive
Mid Western Area, Health Service Executive
Midland Area, Health Service Executive
North Eastern Area, Health Service Executive
North Western Area, Health Service Executive
South Eastern Area, Health Service Executive
Southern Area, Health Service Executive
Western Area, Health Service Executive
Northern Area, Health Service Executive

Regulatory authorities & related organisations
Irish Medicines Board (IMB)
European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA)
Medicines Control Agency
EU Heads of Agencies
(includes websites of national authorities in Europe for medicinal products for human use)
European Pharmacopoeia (Pharm. Eur.)
US Pharmacopoeia
International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
British Institute of Regulatory Affairs
The Organisation for Professionals in Regulatory Affairs (TOPRA)

Medical interest
Irish College of General Practitioners
Irish Medical Organisation

Pharmacy interest
Irish Pharmaceutical Union
Hospital Pharmacists Association,Ireland
International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU)

European Union
EU Institutions
European Commission Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics Unit
Europa - Access to additional information about the EU

International
World Health Organisation
Centre for Medicines Research (CMR)

Industry associations
IPHA - Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association
Pharmachemical Ireland
IBIA – Irish BioIndustry Association
EFPIA - European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries & Associations
AESGP - Association of the European Self-Medication Industry
IFPMA - International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations
ABPI - Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
PAGB - Proprietary Association of Great Britain
PhRMA - Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America