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Scientific
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Association of Medical Research Charities, whose home page is found here. Electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC), whose home page is found here which provides free access to up-to-date, comprehensive and reliable information about prescription and over-the-counter medicines available in the UK. It appears to provide a searchable database of all licensed products available in the United Kingdom, which is updated daily. Detailed information is provided on each drug listed, including a Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC) - this document describes the properties, effects and warnings about medicines and is written to guide healthcare professionals in the safe and appropriate use of medicines. And a copy of the Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) - the PIL is the leaflet intended to be read by [a patient] and is included in the medicines packaging. European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) whose home page is found here. It was set up by the European Union (Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2309/93 of 22 July 1993). It is based in London. The EMEA is in charge of co-ordinating scientific resources existing in Member States with a view to evaluating and supervising medicinal products for both human and veterinary use. On the basis of EMEA's opinion, the European Commission authorises the marketing of innovative products and arbitrates between Member States for other medicinal products in case of disagreement. Health on the Net, whose home page is found here, and on which it is stated that it was created in 1995, [and] is a not-for-profit International Swiss Organization. [Its] mission is to guide lay persons or non-medical users and medical practitioners to useful and reliable online medical and health information. [It] provides leadership in setting ethical standards for Web site developers. World Medical Association, whose home page is found here |
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