Pharmaceutical Information Group (PHING)

A Sub-group of EAHIL

WELCOME 

PHING brings together information professionals from across Europe and beyond with an interest in drug information.  Members work in a variety of organisations, including pharmaceutical industry, higher education, health services and drug information units. 

Membership of PHING is FREE to all members of EAHIL.   

About

Networking

Resources

  • Useful Web Sites
    • Portals / Gateways
    • Organisations (Government / Professional / Regulatory - International and by Country)
    • Pharmaceutical Companies
    • Schools of Pharmacy
    • Books
    • Free E-journals
    • Free Databases
    • Patient Drug Information
    • Mailing Lists
    • Internet Tutorials

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About

History

The Pharmaceutical Information Group was created at the Fourth Conference of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL), held in Oslo, June 28 – July 2, 1994 by 30 information specialists of pharmaceutical organisations from 12 European countries.  As a section of EAHIL, it got official approval from the Executive Board on 20th January 1995.


Objectives

The objectives of the Group are: 

  1. To ensure high quality standards of information for all those with a need for drug information.  Intensive exchange of information evaluation between members is needed;
  2. To promote and develop access to and spreading of pharmaceutical information with all respect of copyright and other intellectual property rights;
  3. To promote contacts between pharmaceutical information specialists in Europe, with a view to encouraging the exchange of ideas and experience with all respect of copyright and other intellectual property rights;
  4. To defend the interests of people dealing with drug information in Europe;
  5. To establish contacts between international and national sister organisations.

Contact

For more information on PHING or to make any suggestions for the Web Site please contact PHING Secretary, Neroli Harris. 

Secretary:
Neroli Harris
The School of Pharmacy Library
University of London
29-39 Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AX
United Kingdom
Tel:      44 207 753 5833
Fax:     44 207 753 5947
Email: Neroli.Harris@pharmacy.ac.uk     

Co-Chair:
Michelle Wake
The School of Pharmacy Library
University of London
29-39 Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AX
United Kingdom
Tel: 44 207 753 5833
Fax: 44 207 753 5947
Email: Michelle.Wake@pharmacy.ac.uk

Giovanna Miranda
Sanofi-Synthelabo
Scientific Information Dept.
Via Piranesi, 38
I-20137 MILANO
Italy
Tel:      39 02 739 42363
Fax:     39 02 761 10534
Email:
Giovanna.Miranda@sanofi-aventis.com


Join

Membership of PHING is FREE to all members of EAHIL.  To join PHING all you need to do is go to the EAHIL Membership database at http://www.eahil.uio.no/, select Userinfo from the left hand side of the page, then select Userinfo from the top of the page and finally tick Pharmaceutical Information Group.

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Networking

Email Discussion List – EAHIL-P

How to subscribe 

Send email to   Listserv@nic.surfnet.nl
Subject line:             (LEAVE BLANK)
First line:            Subscribe EAHIL-P First Name Surname

How to unsubscribe 

Send email to   Listserv@nic.surfnet.nl
Subject line:             (LEAVE BLANK)
First line:            signoff EAHIL-P 

Help Command 

By sending the command “help” to Listserv@nic.surfnet.nl you will get information about the most commonly used commands. 

Send email to   Listserv@listserv.kib.ki.se
Subject line:             (LEAVE BLANK)
First line:            help
          

Sending mail to the list 

Send email to    Listserv@nic.surfnet.nl
Subject line:             (Your Subject)


Directory of Members (including member’s profiles)

Please refer to the EAHIL membership database at http://www.eahil.uio.no/


News about People 

Michelle Wake is to be Programme Director for the 2008 Health Libraries Group Conference http://www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/bysubject/health/.


PHING Meetings / Conferences

11th European Conference of Medical and Health Libraries, Helsinki, Finland, 2008, June 23-28. Please check back later for more details.

Please click on this link for an Agenda on the Meeting
 



Resources

Useful Web Sites

Portals / Gateways 

InPharm.com
http://www.inpharm.com

Intelihealth
http://www.intelihealth.com

LabCompliance
http://www.labcompliance.com

PharmiWeb
http://www.pharmiweb.com
 

PharmWeb
http://www.pharmweb.net
 

Sportspharmacy
http://www.sportspharmacy.com/live/
 

Virtual Library for Pharmacy
http://www.pharmacy.org
 

Organisations (Government / Professional / Regulatory – International and by Country) 

International 

Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association
http://www.commonwealthpharmacy.org/
 

European Medicines Agency (EMEA)
http://www.emea.europa.eu/

European Association of Libraries and Information Services on Alcohol and Other Drugs
http://www.elisad.eu/


European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences
http://www.eufeps.org
 

European Scientific Co-operation on Phytotherapy (ESCOP)
http://www.escop.com
 

International Pharmaceutical Federation
http://www.fip.org
 

Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union
http://www.pgeu.eu/ 

ULLA (European University Consortium for Pharmaceutical Research)
http://www.u-l-l-a.org
 

World Health Organization: Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy
http://www.who.int/medicines/en/
 

United Kingdom

Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences
https://www.apsgb.co.uk/
 

All-Party Pharmacy Group
http://www.appg.org.uk/
 

Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)
http://www.abpi.org.uk/
 

Association of Pharmacy Technicians
http://www.aptuk.org/

British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers
http://www.bapw.net/
 

British Oncology Pharmacy Association
http://www.bopa-web.org/
 

British Pharmaceutical Nutrition Group
http://www.bpng.co.uk/
 

British Pharmaceutical Students Association
http://www.bpsa.co.uk/

British Society for the History of Pharmacy
http://www.bshp.org/
 

Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education
http://www.pharmacy.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/pioneeringcentres/cppe/

College of Pharmacy Practice
http://www.collpharm.org.uk/
 

Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists
http://www.ghp.org.uk/
 

Institute of Pharmacy Management International
http://www.ipmi.org.uk/
 

Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group
http://www.jpag.org/
 

Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/
 

National Association of Women Pharmacists
http://www.nawp.org.uk/
 

National Institute for Clinical Excellence
http://www.nice.org.uk/

National Pharmaceutical Association
http://www.npa.co.uk
 

National Prescribing Centre
http://www.npc.co.uk/
 

National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse
http://www.nta.nhs.uk/
 

Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group
http://www.nppg.org.uk/
 

Northern Ireland Centre for Postgraduate Pharmaceutical Education and Training
http://www.nicppet.org/
 

Pharmaceutical Analytical Sciences Group
http://www.pasg.org.uk/
   

Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Sciences Society
http://www.phss.co.uk/

Pharmaceutical Information & Pharmacovigilance Association
http://www.aiopi.org.uk/

Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee
http://www.psnc.org.uk/
 

Pharmacy Community Care Liaison Group
http://www.nmhct.nhs.uk/pharmacy/pcclg.htm
 

Primary and Community Care Pharmacy Network
http://www.pccpnetwork.org/
 

Proprietary Association of Great Britain
http://www.pagb.org.uk/
 

Prescription Pricing Authority
http://www.ppa.org.uk/index.htm
 

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
http://www.rpsgb.org.uk
 

Scottish Centre for Post Qualification Pharmaceutical Education
http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/pharmacy/
 

Scottish Pharmaceutical General Council
http://www.spgc.org.uk/
 

UK Medicines Information
http://www.ukmi.nhs.uk/
 

UK Radiopharmacy Group
http://www.ukrg.org.uk/
 

United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association
http://www.ukcpa.org/
 

Veterinary Medicines Directorate
http://www.vmd.gov.uk/
 

Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London
http://www.apothecaries.org/
 

Yellow Card Scheme
http://www.yellowcard.gov.uk/
 

United States of America 

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/default.htm

Pharmaceutical Companies 

K.I.N.D InfoService
http://www.pharma-info.com
Lists more than 7, 500 companies. 

Abbott Laboratories Ltd
http://www.abbott.com
 

AstraZeneca
http://www.astrazeneca.com
 

The Boots Company
http://www.boots-plc.com
 

Bayer
http://www.bayer.com
 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals
http://www.bms.com
 

Eli Lilly
http://www.lilly.com
 

GSK Glazo SmithKiline
http://www.gsk.com
 

Merck & Co.
http://www.merck.com
 

Pfizer
http://www.pfizer.com
 

Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceuticals
http://www.pg.com
 

Roche
http://www.roche.com
 

Sanofi Aventis
http://www.sanofi-aventis.com
 

Sanofi Pasteur MSD

http://www.spmsd.com 

Wyeth
http://www.wyeth.com
 

Schools of Pharmacy

The official World List of Pharmacy Schools
http://www.fip.org/education
 

PharmWeb: Pharmacy Related Academic Institutions
http://www.pharmweb.net/pwmirror/pw8/pharmweb8.html
 

Virtual Library for Pharmacy Listing
http://www.pharmacy.org/schools.html
 

Books 

British National Formulary
http://www.bnf.org
   

British National Formulary for Children
http://bnfc.org/bnfc/

Drug Tariff
http://www.ppa.org.uk/ppa/edt_intro.htm

The current edition of the National Health Service Drug Tariff for England and Wales, complied on behalf of the Department of Health by the Prescription Pricing Authority. 

Electronic Medicines Compendium
http://emc.medicines.org.uk/

The electronic version of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry’s Compendium of Product Characteristics.  You do have to register, but it is then free. 

Office of Regulatory Affairs (USA) Laboratory Manual 2004 (includes updates)
http://www.fda.gov/ora/science_ref/lm/default
 

Free E-journals 

Australian Adverse Drug Reactions Bulletin
http://www.tga.gov.au/adr/aadrb.htm
Volume 14, No. 1, 1995 – 

Australian Prescriber
http://www.australianprescriber.com/
Vol. 17, 1994 – 

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
http://bpb.pharm.or.jp/index.html
Current year only 

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
http://cpb.pharm.or.jp/
Current year only 

DrugTopics.com
http://www.drugtopics.com/be_core/d/index.jsp
8th January 1996 – 

Hospital Pharmacist
http://www.pharmj.com/Hospital/CurrentContents.html
Volume 7, 2000 - 

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
http://www.ualberta.ca/~csps/Journals/JPPS.htm
Volume 1, No.1 – 

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jphs/-char/en
Volume 91, No.1, 2003 – 

Journal of Toxicological Sciences
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jts/-char/en
Volume 26, No.1, 2001 – 

Journal of Toxicologic Pathology
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/tox/_vols/-char/en
Volume 11, No.1, 1998 – 

MeReC Briefing
http://www.npc.co.uk/merec_briefing.htm
No. 13, 2000 - 

MeReC Bulletin
http://www.npc.co.uk/merec_index.htm
1997 -

Pharmaceutical Journal
http://www.pharmj.com/Index.html
Volume 262, No.1, 1999 – 

U.S. Pharmacist
http://www.uspharmacist.com/
Volume 21, No. 9, 1996 – 

WHO Drug Information
http://www.who.int/druginformation/
Volume 12, 1998 – 

WHO Pharmaceuticals Newsletter
http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/newsletter/en/ 1997 – 

Free Databases

Drugs@FDA
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda

A searchable database that includes information on approved prescription drugs, some over-the-counter drugs, and discontinued drugs. 

Patient Drug Information 

Ask Your Pharmacist (UK)
http://www.askyourpharmacist.co.uk/
 

Medicine Chest (UK)
http://www.medicinechestonline.co.uk/
 

Medicine Net: Medications Information (USA)
http://www.medicinenet.com/medications/article.htm
 

NHS Direct (UK)
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/

Patient UK (UK)
http://www.patient.co.uk/
 

SurgeryDoor (UK)
http://www.surgerydoor.co.uk
 

Mailing Lists 

Pharmacy Related Listservs or Other Mailing Lists
http://www.pharmacy.org/lists.html
 

PHING
The list for the Pharmacy Information Group of EAHIL.
http://www.eahil.net/pharmaceutical_information_group.htm 

Private-RX Service
http://www.private-rx.com/
A restricted UK service for registered pharmacists. 

Internet Tutorials 

Internet Pharmacist
http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/tutorial/pharmacist

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