The following links and downloads have been provided to help find a variety of information relevant to our business. We use it ourselves to train our staff or to reference when writing guidelines or procedures improving our quality systems.

Relevant links
The following organizations are source-referenced for obtaining recent guidelines or best practices.

Supporting organisations
ISPE is the worlds largest non-profit society for pharma­ceutical professionals. Its very active Nordic affiliate, based in Copenhagen, organizes a Community of Practices, as well as conferences in key pharmaceutical fields.
<http://www.ispe.org/cs/root/affiliates_and_chapters/affiliate_web_sites/
nordic_affiliate/welcome_ to_the_ispe_nordic_affiliate>

The general ISPE homepage and the ISPE Community of Practice homepage:
<http://www.ispe.org/>
<http://www.ispe.org/cs/communities_of_practice_section/communities_
of_practice_overview>

Odin, of which QPharma is a member, is a collaboration between academia (Chemometrics and Spectroscopy Group, Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen) and local industrial partners. It provides high-quality training and support members.
<http://www.odin.life.ku.dk/>

QPharma is a member of the ASTM E55 committee,
that is dedicated to writing international standards for process control, design and performance, as well as for quality acceptance/assurance tests for the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.
<http://www.astm.org/COMMIT/COMMITTEE/E55.htm>

The Controlled Release Society (CRS) is an international organis ation serving 3,000 members in more than 50 countries – two-thirds industry and one-third academia and government.
<http://www.controlledrelease.org/default.cfm>

The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists provides an international forum for scientists to share know­ledge and enhance their health research. The AAPS offers scientific programs, education and professional development, as well as opportunities for networking.
<http://www.aapspharmaceutical.com/index.asp>

Regulatory Authorities
Federal Drug Administration
<http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/default.htm>

European Medicines Agency
<http://www.emea.europa.eu/Inspections/PAThome.html>

The Medical Products Agency (MPA) is the Swedish national authority responsible for regulating and overseeing the development, manufacturing and marketing of drugs and other medicinal products.
Swedish: <http://www.lakemedelsverket.se/>
English: <http://lakemedelsverket.se/english>