International Federation of Associations

International Federation of Associations of Pharmaceutical Physicians (IFAPP)... 

The large number of national associations of pharmaceutical physicians worldwide are coordinated by the International Federation of Associations of Pharmaceutical Physicians (IFAPP). This Federation concerns itself with various global aspects of the specialty, e.g. the International Conference on Harmonization. A conference on pharmaceutical medicine is held every 2 years. 

PETER D. STONIER, BA, BSc, PhD, MBChB, MRCPsych, FRCP, FRCPE, FFPM has 24 years experience in pharmaceutical medicine. He was Medical and Board Director of the UK Hoechst Group of companies until he became a consultant in 2000. He is immediate past-President of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians UK. Formerly he was President of the International Federation of Associations of Pharmaceutical Physicians and Chairman of the British Association of Pharmaceutical Physicians. He is Visiting Professor in... 

International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA) (1995), GATT, TRIPs and the Pharmaceutical Industry a Review, Geneva IFPMA. 

International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (IFPMA)... 

There are six parties directly involved in ICH as well as observers and the International Federation of Pharmaceufical Manufacturers Association (IFPMA see Table 25.1). The six parties are the founder members of ICH, and fhey represenf fhe regulatory bodies and the research-based industry in the European Union (EU), Japan, and the United States in the EU, the European Federation of Pharmaceufical Indusfries and Associations (EFPIA) and the Ministry of Healfh, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan, the Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA) and in the United States, the FDA and the Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). 

Founded in 1990, the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) is comprised of the pharmacopeial manufacturers associations in Europe (EFPIA), Japan (JPMA), the United States (PMA), and the drug regulatory agencies in Europe (EEC), Japan (MHW), and the United States (FDA), with the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (IFPMA) serving as secretariat. Pharmacopeias are not members of the ICH, where membership is reserved for three PMAs and three regulatory agencies. Invited observers include Canada, WHO, and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). 

OIML - International Organization of Legal Metrology (www.oiml.org) lUPAP - International Union of Pure and Applied Physies (www.iupap.org) IFCC - International Federation of Clinieal Chemistry (www.ifcc.org/ifcc.asp) VIM - International Vocabulary of Metrology - Basic and General Concepts and associated Terms... 

International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations. 2000. IFPMA Code of Marketing Practices. Available at http //www.ifpma.org/News/news market.aspx [Accessed November 16, 2005]. 

In addition to the active sponsors, WHO, EFTA, and Canada are taking part as observers. The IFPMA (International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association) runs the ICH secretariat and sits on the steering committee. 

The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA). IFPMA represents the worldwide research-based pharmaceutical industry and facilitates the development of position statements on policy issues. It serves as a bridge between industry, the WHO, and other international health agencies. It also serves at the ICH secretariat. 

The International Conferences was jointly supported and organized by the Commission of the European Communities (CEC), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW), together with the pharmaceutical industry, as represented by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA), the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industry Associations (EFPIA), the US Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PMA) and the Japanese Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PMA). 

ICH topics and guidelines can be obtained at the Internet website of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (IFPMA) at www.ifpma.org. 

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