Links

EUROPE

• European Medicines Agency (EMA), 7 Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf, LondonE14 4HB,UK. Tel: +44 20 7418 8400
  Website: http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/
• European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and Health Care (EDQM), 7 allée Kastner, CS 30026, F67081 Strasbourg, France. Tel: +33 3 88 41 30 30
  Website: http://www.edqm.eu/en/edqm-homepage-628.html
• Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA)
  Website:  http://www.hma.eu/index.html

AUSTRALIA

• National Herbalist Association of Australia (NHAA)4 Cavendish St, Concord West  NSW 2138, Australia. Tel: +61 2 8765 0071
  Email: nhaa@nhaa.org.au
  Website:  http://www.nhaa.org.au/

AUSTRIA

• AGES Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Spargelfeldstrasse 191, 1220 Vienna, Austria. Tel: +43 5 0555-0
  Email: management@ages.at
  Website: http://www.ages.at/ages/en/ages-austrian-agency-for-health-and-food-safety/
• AGES Austrian Medicines and Medical Devices Agency, Federal Office for the Safety in Health Care (BASG), Traisengasse 5, 1200 Vienna, Austria. Tel: +43 (0)50 555-36111, Email: basg_anfragen@ages.at
  Website: http://www.basg.gv.at/en/austrian-federal-office-for-safety-in-health-care/

BELGIUM

• Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products, Eurostation II, Place Victor Horta 40, 1060 Brussels, Belgium. Tel: +32 2 524 80 00
  Email: welcome@fagg-afmps.be
  Website: http://www.fagg-afmps.be/en/
• Federal Public Service (FPS) Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Eurostation II, Place Victor Horta 40, 1060 Brussels, Belgium. Tel: +32 2 524 97 97
  Website: http://www.health.belgium.be/eportal/index.htm?fodnlang=en

BULGARIA

• Bulgarian Drug Agency, 8 Damyan Gruev Str., Sofia 1303, Bulgaria. Tel: +359 2 890 35 55
  E-mail: bda@bda.bg
  Website: http://www.bda.bg/

CROATIA

• Agency of Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of Croatia, Ksaverska cesta 4, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia. Tel.  +385 1 4884 100
  E-mail: halmed@halmed.hr
  Website: http://www.almp.hr/?ln=en

CYPRUS

• Ministry of Health- Pharmaceutical Services, 7 Larnacos Avenue, 1475 Nicosia, Cyprus. Tel: + +357 608607
  Email: phscentral@phs.moh.gov.cy
  Website: http://www.moh.gov.cy/moh/phs/phs.nsf/dmlindex_en/dmlindex_en?opendocument

CZECH REPUBLIC

• State Institute for Drug Control, Srobárova, Sofia 1303, 100 41 Praha 10, Czech Republic. Tel: +420 272 185 333
  E-mail: infs@sukl.cz
  Website: http://www.sukl.eu/

DENMARK

• Danish Health and Medicines Aurthority, Axel Heides Gade 1, DK-2300 Copenhagen, Denmark. Tel. +45 72 22 74 00
  E-mail: sst@sst.dk
  Website: https://sundhedsstyrelsen.dk/en
• The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Head Office, Stationsparken 31-33 DK-2600 Glostrup, Denmark. Tel. +45 72 27 69 00
  E-mail: foedevare@fvm.dk
  Website: http://www.foedevarestyrelsen.dk/english/Pages/default.aspx
• University of Copenhagen, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark. Tel: +45 35 32 26 26
  E-mail: pharmaschool@sund.ku.dk
  Website:  http://pharmacy.ku.dk/

ESTONIA

• State Agency of Medicines, 1 Nooruse Street, 50411 Tartu, Estonia. Tel: +372 737 41 40 E-mail: info@ravimiamet.ee
  Website: http://www.ravimiamet.ee/en

FINLAND

• Finnish Medicines Agency, Mannerheimintie 103b, 00280 Helsinki, Finland. Tel: +358 29 522 3341
  Website: http://www.fimea.fi/

FRANCE

• Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM) [Human Medicine], 143-147 Bd. Anatole, F-93285 Saint-Denis, France. Tel: +33 1 55 87 30 00
  Website: http://ansm.sante.fr/?UserSpace=default
• ANSES-Agence Nationale du Médicament Vétérinaire [Veterinary Medicine], 8 rue Claude Bourgelat, F-35300 Fougères, France.
  Website: https://www.anses.fr/en/content/french-agency-veterinary-medicinal-products%E2%80%93-missions-and-activities

GERMANY

• Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte (BfArM) [Human Medicine], Kurt-Georg-Kiesinger-Allee 3, D-53175 Bonn, Germany. Tel: +49 228 207 4318
  Email: info@bfarm.de
  Website: www.bfarm.de
• Gesellschaft für Phytotherapie e.V. (GPT), Hebborner Berg 51, D-51467 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. Tel: +49 172 571 0117
  E-mail:info@phytotherapie.de
  Website: www.phytotherapie.de

GREECE

• National Organisation for Medicines (EOF), 284 Mesogion Av., GR-155 62 Xolargos, Athens, Greece. Tel: +30 213 2040 200
  E-mail: relation@eof.gr
  Website: http://www.eof.gr/web/guest/home

HUNGARY

• National Institute of Pharmacy, Zrínyi U. 3, 1051 Budapest, Hungary. Tel: +36 1 88 69 300
  E-mail: ogyi@ogyi.hu
  Website: http://www.ogyi.hu/main_page/

ICELAND

• Islandic Medicines Agency, Vínlandsleið 14, 113 Reykjavík, Iceland. Tel: +354 520 2100, E-mail: ima@ima.is
  Website: http://www.imca.is/

IRELAND

• Irish Medicines Board (Health Products Regulatory Authority), Kevin O’Malley House, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland. Tel: +353 1 676 4971,
  E-mail: imb@imb.ie
  Website:http://www.imb.ie/
• School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. Tel: +353-1-896-2802
  Email: ihook@tcd.ie

ITALY

• Italian Medicines Agency, Via del Tritone 181, 00187 Roma, Italy. Tel: +39 06 5978401
  Website: http://www.agenziafarmaco.gov.it/en
• Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299, I-00161 Roma, Italy. Tel: +39 06 4990 1
  Email: web@iss.it
  Website: http://www.iss.it/
• Ministero della Salute, Viale Giorgio Ribotta , I-00144 Roma, Italy. Tel: +39 06 5994 1,
  Website:  http://www.salute.gov.it/
• Societa Italiana di Fitotherapia (SIFit), Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, della Terra e dell’Ambiente dell’Università degli Studi di Siena, Via Laterina 8, 53100 Siena, Italy
  E-mail: segreteria.scientifica@sifit.org
  Website: http://www.sifit.org/
• Societa Italiana di Fitochimica, M Fraz. Sfogliata 3/a,, Mornico Losana (PV), Italy. Tel: +39 0383 8925519
  Email: segreteria.sif@gmail.com
  Website: http://users.unimi.it/phytosif/eng/index.html

LATVIA

• State Agency of  Medicines, 15 Jersikas Street,  1003 Riga, Latvia. Tel: +371 7078424, E-mail: info@zva.gov.lv
  Website:http://www.zva.gov.lv/?setlang=en&large=

LITHUANIA

• State Medicines Control Agency, Žirmūnų g. 139A, 09120 Vilnius, Lithuania. Tel: +370 5 263 9264
  E-mail: vvkt@vvkt.lt
  Website: http://www.vvkt.lt/lit/English

LUXEMBOURG

• Ministère de la Santé, Direction de la Santé, Villa Louvigny, Allée Marconi, L-2120 Luxembourg. Tel: +352 247 85500
  Email: info@ms.public.lu
  Website: http://www.ms.public.lu/fr/
• Laboratoire National de Santé, 1 Rue Louis Rech, L-3555 Dudelange, Luxembourg.Tel: +352 28 100 1
  E-mail: info@lns.etat.lu
  Website: http://www.lns.public.lu/
• Administration des Services Veterinaires [Veterinary Medicine] B.P. 1403, L-1014 Luxembourg. Tel: +352 2478 3533
  E-mail: info@asv.public.lu
  Website: http://www.asv.public.lu/fr/index.html

MALTA

• Medicines Authority, 203 Rue D´Argens,GZR 03 Gzira,Malta. Tel: +356 23439000, Email: info.medicinesauthority@gov.mt
  Website: http://www.medicinesauthority.gov.mt/home?l=1

THE NETHERLANDS

• Medicines Evaluation Board, Graadt van Roggenweg 500, 3531 AH Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 88 224 8000
  Website: http://www.cbg-meb.nl/cbg/en/default.htm
• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Fytotherapie (NVF), Rijksstraatweg 158, 6573 DG Beek/Ubb, Netherlands, Tel: +31 2468 44301
  Email: nvf@fyto.nl
  Website: http://www.fyto.nl/English.htm

NORWAY

• Norvegian Medicines Agency, Sven Oftedalsvei , 0950 Oslo,  Norway. Tel: +47 22 89 77 00
  Email: post@legemiddelverket.no
  Website: http://www.legemiddelverket.no/English/Sider/default.aspx

POLAND

• Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products, 41 Zabkowska Str., 03-736 Warsaw, Poland. Tel: +48 22 492 11 00
  Website: http://en.urpl.gov.pl/general-information

PORTUGAL

• National Authority of Medicines and Health Products, Parque de Saúde de Lisboa – Avenida do Brasil, 53, 1749-004 Lisboa, Portugal. Tel: +351 217987100
  Email: infarmed@infarmed.pt
  Website: http://www.infarmed.pt/portal/page/portal/INFARMED/ENGLISH

ROMANIA

• National Medicines Agency, 48, Av. Sanatescu,011478 Bucharest, Romania. Tel: +4021 317 11 00
  Website: http://www.anm.ro/anmdm/en/index.html

SLOVAKIA

• State Institute for Drug Control, Kvetná 11, 825 08 Bratislava 26, Slovakia. Tel: +421 2 5070 1111
  E-mail:sukl@sukl.sk
  Website: http://www.sukl.sk/

SLOVENIA

• Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenia, Ptujska ulica 21, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Tel: + 38 6 8 2000 500
  Email: info@jazmp.si
  Website: http://www.jazmp.si/en/

SOUTH AFRICA

• Health Products Association of Southern Africa, Canyon House, 61 Main Street , Bordeaux, 2194 Gauteng, South Africa. Tel: +27 11 789 4464
  Email: hpasa@hpasa.co.za
  Website: http://www.hpasa.co.za/

SPAIN

• Sociedad Espanola de Fitoterapia (SEFIT), Apartado 90015, E-08080, Barcelona, Spain.
  Website: http://www.sefit.es/sefit.php
• Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products, Parque Empresarial, Las Mercedes Edificio 8C/. Campezo, 1, 28022 Madrid, Spain. Tel: +34 91 822 59 97
  Website: http://www.aemps.gob.es/en/home.htm

SWEDEN

• Medical Products Agency, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 42 / Box 26, 751 03 Uppsala, Sweden. Tel: +46 18 17 46 00
  E-mail: registrator@mpa.se
  Website: http://www.lakemedelsverket.se/english/

SWITZERLAND

• Swissmedic, Schweizerisches Heilmittelinstitut, Hallerstrasse 7, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland. Tel: +41 31 322 02 11
  E-mail: anfragen@swissmedic.ch
  Website: www.swissmedic.ch
• Schweizerische Medizinische Gesellschaft fur Phytoterapie (SMGP), c/o Zürcher Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften, Life Science und Facility Management , Postfach 335, CH-8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland. Tel: +41 58 934 58 06
  E-mail: beat.meier@zhaw.ch
  Website: www.smgp.ch

TURKEY

• Society of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy c/o Prof. Dr Funda Nuray Yalcin, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Pharmacy, 06100 Sihhiye-Ankara, Turkey,
  Website: www.farmafito.org
• Turk Fitoterapi Dermegi, Prof. Dr. E. Sezik, Gazi University, Fac. of Pharmacy, 06330 Hipodrum-Ankara, Turkey, Tel: +90 4 2227690.

UNITED KINGDOM

• Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), 151 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9SZ, UK. Tel: (44) 020 3080 6000.
  Email: info@mhra.gsi.gov.uk
  Website: http://www.mhra.gov.uk/
• British Herbal Medicine Association, PO Box 583, Exeter  EX1 9GX, UK. Tel: +44 (0)845 680 1134.
  Website: www.bhma.info
• Veterinary Medicines Directorate, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Surrey KT15 3LS, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1932 336911.
  Website: http://www.vmd.defra.gov.uk/index.aspx

OTHER GLOBAL AND WEB RESOURCES

The following page provides links to other information providers on the Web which may be of use. This section is constantly updated and additional html sites are added as they become available.

• Plant Medicine. User-friendly free access to the evidence on herbal medicine.
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, Ph. 1-888-INFO-FDA (1-888-463-6332)
• World Health Organisation
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.  The mission of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is to enable better management of the earth’s environment by increasing knowledge and understanding of the plant kingdom.
• Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS).  Provides a range of services, including a free portal for scientific, pharmaceutical and vernacular plant names.
• National Poisons Unit, United Kingdom National Poisons Information Service.

USEFUL JOURNALS

• Phytomedicine – International Journal of Phytotherapy and Phytopharmacology
• British Medical Journal
• The Lancet
• Journal of Ethnopharmacology
• Herbalgram – linked to the American Botanical Council
• Biomednet Journals Collection – including Medline

OTHER LINKS

• James Dukes Ethnobotany website – phytochemical and ethnobotanical databases
• Australian Naturopathic Network, a resource website for students and practitioners of Naturopathy
• A Modern Herbal by M. Grieve
• Herbal Hall – Home for Herbs
• Herb Research Foundation, 1007 Pearl Street, Suite 200, Boulder, Colorado, 80302, USA. Tel: +1 303 449 2265
• The American Herbal Pharmacopoeia
• Office of Alternative Medicine – US National Institute of Health