Regulatory Agencies & Groups

Regulatory Bodies

http://www.fda.gov/: United States Food and Drug Administration

http://www.mhra.gov.uk/index.htm: United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

http://www.ema.europa.eu/ : The European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA). The EMEA, which began its activities on 1 February 1995 and was established by Council Regulation EEC 2309/93 of 22 July 1993, co-ordinates and supports the EC licensing system.

http://www.hma.eu/: This is the common Website for the medicines authorities in the European Union and Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein. The window serves as a connection point to the authorities' own websites. In this window the Heads of Agencies mission statement is published as well as press releases from the Mutual Recognition Facilitation group.

http://www.sec.gov/: United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/: United States Department of Health and Human Services, responsible for HIPAA enforcement

Industry Groups

http://www.ispe.org/ : International society for technical professionals in the health care manufacturing industry.

http://www.isaca.org : Information Systems Audit & Control Association

http://www.pda.org/ : Your source for the latest scientific, technical and regulatory information on pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturing and quality worldwide.

http://www.ivthome.com/ : The Institute of Validation Technology (IVT) publisher of the Journal of Validation Technology® and the Journal of GXP Compliance®, is dedicated to expanding the global knowledge base for validation and compliance professionals in FDA-regulated industries. Through educational publications, timely conferences, and other informational products, IVT stands alone in its quest to continually advance validation technology and practice, as well as help assure compliance with FDA regulations.

http://www.hipaa.org/ : A site explaining the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and providing support.

http://www.cloudsecurityalliance.org/: Promotes the use of best practices for providing security assurance within cloud computing and provide education on the uses of cloud computing to help secure all other forms of computing.