| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| AACC | American Association for Clinical Chemistry (www.aacc.org) | In English | → Associations → United States |
| AACP | American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (www.aacp.org) | In English | → Associations → Education → United States |
| AACT | American Academy of Clinical Toxicology | In English | → Academies → United States |
| AAH | Alliance for Alternatives in Healthcare | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| AAMA | American Academy of Medical Acupuncture | In English | → Academies → 6158 → United States |
| AAMRT | Alberta Association of Medical Radiation Technologists | In English | → Associations → 61584 → Canada |
| AAOMR | American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology | In English | → Academies → 61584 → United States |
| AAPCC | American Association of Poison Control Centers (www.aapcc.org) | In English | → Associations → United States |
| AAPS | American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists | In English | → Associations → United States |
| AAPS | American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (www.aapspharmaceutica.com) | In English | → Associations → United States |
| AAQTE | Association pour l'Assurance Qualité en Thérapeutique et l'Évaluation | In French | → Associations → Quality management |
| AAVPT | American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics | In English | → Academies → Veterinary medicine → United States |
| ABC | Associação Brasileira de Cosmetologia (www.abc-cosmetologia.org.br) | In Portuguese | → Associations → Brazil |
| ABCC | American Board of Clinical Chemistry | In English | → Organizations and associations → United States |
| ABCPH | Association Brie - Champagne de la Pharmacie Hospitalière | In French | → Associations |
| ABFT | American Board of Forensic Toxicology (www.abft.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Criminology → United States |
| ABIFARMA | Associação Brasileira da Indústria Farmacêutica | In Portuguese | → Associations → Brazil |
| ABIFINA | Associação Brasileira das Indústrias de Química Fina, Biotecnologia e suas Especialidades | In Portuguese | → Associations → Biotechnology → Chemical technology → Brazil |
| ABPI | Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (https://www.abpi.org.uk) | In English | → Associations → United Kingdom |
| ABVT | American Board of Veterinary Toxicology (www.abvt.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Veterinary medicine → United States |
| ACCP | American College of Clinical Pharmacy (www.accp.com) | In English | → Organizations and associations → United States |
| ACIP | Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices | In English | → Organizations and associations → Immunology and allergy |
| ACNP | American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (www.acnp.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Neurology → United States |
| ACOPHRA | Association Consultative et promotionnelle des Pharmaciens Hospitaliers de la région Rhône-Alpes | In French | → Associations |
| ACPPHOS | Association Charentes Poitou des Pharmaciens Hospitaliers | In French | → Associations |
| ADIPH | Association pour le Développement de l'Internet en Pharmacie Hospitalière (http://adiph.org) | In French | → Associations → Internet |
| ADME | Absorption, Distribution, Métabolisme, Excrétion = ADME | Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion | In English = ADME | Absorption, Distribution, Metabolismus, Exkretion | In German |
In French | → Physiology |
| ADME | Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion = (look above) |
In English | → Physiology |
| ADME | Absorption, Distribution, Metabolismus, Exkretion = (look above) |
In German | → Physiology |
| ADME | Australian Drug Management and Education (www.adme.com.au) | In English | → Education → Australia |
| ADPHSO | Association pour le Développement de la Pharmacie Hospitalière du Sud-Ouest | In French | → Associations |
| ADR | Adverse Drug Reaction | In English | |
| AFM | Association Française de Musicothérapie | In French | → Associations → 6158 → Music → France |
| AFS | Association Française de Stérilisation | In French | → Associations → France |
| AFSSAPS | Agence Française de Sécurité SAnitaire des Produits de Santé (http://agmed.sante.gouv.fr) | In French | → Central administration → France |
| AGEP | Acute Generalised Exanthematous Pustulosis = PEAG | Pustulose Exanthématique Aiguë Généralisée | In French |
In English | → Dermatology → Immunology and allergy |
| AGNP | Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Neuropsychopharmakologie und Pharmakopsychiatrie | In German | → Associations → Neurology → Medicine |
| ALI | Annual Limit on Intake | In English | |
| AMG | Aminoguanidine | In English | → Chest diseases |
| AMI | Agency for Medical Innovations | In English | |
| AMM | Autorisation de Mise sur le Marché | In French | |
| ANF | Associação Nacional das Farmácias | In Portuguese | → Associations |
| ANNSPQ | Association des Naturopathes et Naturothérapeutes Spécialisés en Phytothérapie du Québec | In French | → Associations → Canada |
| APESCA | Association des Pharmaciens des Établissements de Soins de la Côte d'Azur | In French | → Associations |
| APESOM | Association des Pharmaciens des Établissements de Santé de l'Outre-Mer | In French | → Associations |
| APGI | Association de Pharmacie Galénique Industrielle (www.apgi.org) | In French | → Associations |
| APHAL | Association des Pharmaciens Hospitaliers d'Alsace et de Lorraine | In French | → Associations |
| APHBFC | Association des Pharmaciens Hospitaliers de Bourgogne & Franche-Comté | In French | → Associations |
| APHCA | Association de Pharmacie Hospitalière de Champagne-Ardenne | In French | → Associations |
| APHIF | Association de Pharmacie Hospitalière d'Île-de-France | In French | → Associations → France |
| APHM | Association Pharmacie Hospitalière et Médicaments | In French | → Associations |
| APHNEP | Association de Pharmacie Hospitalière de la région Nord Et Pas-de-Calais | In French | → Associations |
| APHO | Association de Pharmacie Hospitalière de l'Ouest | In French | → Associations |
| APHOSA | Association de Pharmacie Hospitalière de l'Oise Somme Aisne | In French | → Associations |
| APIC | Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Committee (http://apic.cefic.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| APRHOC | Association des pharmaciens PRaticiens des HÔpitaux du Centre | In French | → Associations |
| ARC | Attaché de Recherche Clinique | In French | |
| ARI | Adrenergic Reuptake Inhibitor = NRI | Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor | In English = NERI | Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor | In English = NRI | Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitor | In English |
In English | → Neurology |
| ASPEX | Antiviral Spot of Excellence | In English | → Virology |
| ASPHoG | Association des Pharmaciens Hospitaliers de Guadeloupe | In French | → Associations |
| ASSIPHAR | Association Nationale des Asssistants et Anciens Assistants en Pharmacie Hospitalière | In French | → Associations |
| ATU | Autorisation Temporaire d'Utilisation | In French | |
| AVCPT | Association for Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (www.avcpt.org) | In English | → Associations → Veterinary medicine |
| AVIP | Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program | In English | → Immunology and allergy |
| BBMC | Basic Butylated Methacrylate Copolymer | In English | → Chemicals |
| BCP | Birth Control Pill | In English | → Gynaecology |
| BCP | Biochemical Pharmacology | In English | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| BFS | Blow-Fill-Seal | In English | |
| BI | Brochure Investigateur | In French | |
| BLA | Biologics Licence Application | In English | |
| BPI | Bundesverband der Pharmazeutischen Industrie (www.bpi.de) | In German | → Organizations and associations |
| BPWG | Blood Products Working Group | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| BtMG | Betäubungsmittelgesetz | In German | → Law, jurisprudence |
| CAMR | Canada's Access to Medicines Regime = RAMC | Régime Canadien d'Accès aux Médicaments | In French |
In English | → Canada |
| CAVP | Caisse d'Assurance Vieillesse des Pharmaciens | In French | → Labour, labour economics → Insurance |
| CBG | College ter Beoordeling van Geneesmiddelen | In Dutch | → Organizations and associations |
| CCNI | Comité Consultatif National de l'Immunisation | In French | → Organizations and associations → Immunology and allergy |
| CCP | Center for Computational Pharmacology | In English | → Research institutes → Computer-based techniques → United States |
| CDDET | Center for Drug Discovery and Experimental Therapeutics | In English | → Research institutes |
| CeNGEPS | Centre National de Gestion des Essais de Produits de Santé | In French | |
| CFR | Colegiul Farmacistilor din România | In Romanian | → Organizations and associations → Romania |
| CH | Centésimale Hahnemanniènne | In French | |
| CIC | Centre d'Investigation Clinique | In French | → Organizations and associations |
| CIIT | Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology | In English | → Research institutes → Chemical technology |
| CINP | Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum | In Latin | → Neurology |
| CJPP | Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physiology → Canada |
| CMC | Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls | In English | → Chemical technology |
| CNHIM | Centre National Hospitalier d'Information sur le Médicament | In French | → Organizations and associations |
| CNITV | Centre National d'Informations Toxicologiques Vétérinaires | In French | → Organizations and associations → Veterinary medicine |
| CNTS | Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine | In French | → Blood and circulatory system |
| COSIRIX | COmposants et Systèmes Innovants pour la Radiologie Interventionnelle par rayons X | In French | → Electronics → 6158 |
| CPCET | Centre de Pharmacologie Clinique et d'Évaluations Thérapeutiques | In French | → Organizations and associations |
| CPMP | Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| CRAT | Centre de Référence sur les Agents Tératogènes | In French | → Organizations and associations → Oncology |
| CRDGS | Centre de Recherche et de Développement Groupe Saidal | In French | → Research institutes → Algeria |
| CREDES | Centre de Recherche, d'Étude et de Documentation en Économie de la Santé | In French | → Research institutes → Documentation → Economics |
| CRF | Case Report Form | In English | |
| CRS | Controlled Release Society (www.controlledrelease.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| CSIS | Conseil Stratégique des Industries de Santé | In English | → Organizations and associations → Medicine |
| CSP | Comité des Spécialités Pharmaceutiques | In French | → Organizations and associations |
| CSRP | Chambre Syndicale de la Répartition Pharmaceutique | In French | → Organizations and associations |
| CTA | Clinical Trial Application | In English | |
| DAV | Deutscher Apotheker Verlag (www.deutscher-apotheker-verlag.de) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Germany |
| DCEP | Deuxième Cycle des Études Pharmaceutiques | In French | → Education |
| DCI | Dénomination Commune Internationale = INN | International Nonproprietary Name | In English = DCI | Denominación Común Internacional | In Spanish = DCI | Denominazione Comune Internazionale | In Italian = МНН | Международное непатентованное название | In Russian |
In French | |
| DCI | Denominación Común Internacional = INN, МНН (look above) |
In Spanish | |
| DCI | Denominazione Comune Internazionale = INN, МНН (look above) |
In Italian | |
| DDDS | Drug Discovery and Development Summit | In English | |
| DDS | Drug Delivery System | In English | |
| DES | Drug Eluting Stent | In English | |
| DGPSA | Direction Générale des Produits de Santé et des Aliments | In French | → Central administration → Food technology |
| DOB | 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-bromoamphetamine = DOB | 2,5-diméthoxy-4-bromoamphétamine | In French = DOB | 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-bromamphetamin | In German = ДОБ | 2,5-диметокси-4-бромоамфетамин | In Russian |
In English | |
| DOB | 2,5-diméthoxy-4-bromoamphétamine = ДОБ (look above) |
In French | |
| DOB | 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-bromamphetamin = ДОБ (look above) |
In German | |
| DOM | 2,5-diméthoxy-4-méthylamphétamine | In French | |
| DPHM | Direction de la Pharmacie et du Médicament | In French | → Central administration |
| DPSC | Direction des Produits de Santé Commercialisés | In French | → Central administration |
| DRESS | Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms | In English | → Pathology |
| EAC | European Aminocarboxylates Committee | In English | → Organizations and associations → Chemicals |
| EAPPI | European Association of the Plasma Products Industry | In English | → Associations |
| EARSS | Early Albumin Resuscitation during Septic Shock | In English | → Surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology |
| EBPF | European Biocidal Product Forum | In English | → Organizations and associations → Chemicals → Food technology |
| EC4 | European Communities Confederation of Clinical Chemistry | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| ECNP | European College of Neuropsychopharmacology | In English | → Neurology |
| EDCTP | European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Programme | In English | |
| EDM | École Doctorale Médicament | In French | → Higher education, universities |
| EFPIA | European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (www.efpia.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| EI | Événement Indésirable | In French | |
| EIG | Événement Indésirable Grave | In French | |
| EMEA | European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal products | In English | |
| EPFA | European Plasma Fractionation Association | In English | → Associations |
| ERI | Excédent de Risques Individuels | In French | → Accidents, risks, safety |
| EVCAM | European Center for the Validation of Alternative Methods | In English | |
| FAH | Facteur Anti-Hémophilique | In French | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration (www.fda.gov) | In English | → Central administration → Food technology |
| FDLI | Food & Drug Law Institute (www.fdli.org) | In English | → Research institutes → Law, jurisprudence → Food technology |
| FOPI | Forum der forschenden pharmazeutischen Industrie | In German | → Organizations and associations |
| FPI | First Patient In | In English | |
| FURP | Fundação para o Remédio Popular (www.furp.sp.gov.br) | In Portuguese | → Foundations |
| GCP | Good Clinical Practice | In English | |
| GERPAC | Groupe d'Évaluation et de Recherche sur la Protection en Atmosphère Contrôlée | In French | → Organizations and associations |
| GIE-SIPS | Groupement d'Intérêt Économique - Système d'Infomation sur les Produits de Santé | In French | → Organizations and associations |
| GSK | GlaxoSmithKline (www.gsk.com) | In English | |
| GUIDE | Groningen University Institute for Drug Exploration | In English | → Research institutes |
| HAART | Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy | In English | → Infectious diseases |
| HKI | Hans Knöll Institut (www.hki-jena.de) | In German | → Research institutes → Pathology → Infectious diseases → Germany |
| HMPPA | Herbal Medicinal Products Platform Austria (www.hmppa.at) | In English | → Austria |
| HPPS | Human Plasma Product Services | In English | → Blood and circulatory system |
| IACP | International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (www.iacprx.org) | In English | → Academies |
| IASTAM | International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine | In English | → Associations → 6158 |
| IAT | Institute of Animal Technology (www.iat.org.uk) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Veterinary medicine → United Kingdom |
| IBT | Internationaler Bund der Tierversuchsgegner (www.tierversuchsgegner.at) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Environmental protection |
| ICCF | Institutul Naţional de Cercetare-Dezvoltare Chimico-Farmaceutică | In Romanian | → Chemistry → Chemical technology |
| ICH | International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use | In English | → Veterinary medicine |
| ICS | Institut Clinique de la Souris (www-mci.u-strasbg.fr) | In French | → Research institutes → Medicine → France |
| IFPMA | International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (www.ifpma.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| IIPA | International Iridology Practitioners Association | In English | → Associations → 6158 |
| IIPA | Israeli International Pharmacy Association | In English | → Associations |
| ILAR | Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (http://dels.nas.edu/ilar/) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Veterinary medicine |
| ILM | Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin, Klinische Chemie und Molekulare Diagnostik | In German | → Research institutes → Biochemistry, biophysics → 6160 |
| IND | Investigational New Drug | In English | |
| IND | Investigational New Drug (application) | In English | |
| INDANA | Individual Data Analysis of Antihypertensive Drug Interventions | In English | |
| INN | International Nonproprietary Name = DCI, МНН (look above) |
In English | |
| INPMA | Institut National des Plantes Médicinales et Aromatiques | In English | → Research institutes → Biological sciences → Agricultural sciences |
| IPCAA | International Pharmaceutical Congress Advisory Association | In English | → Associations → Congresses |
| IPFA | International Plasma Fractionation Association | In English | → Associations |
| IRESP | Institut de Recherche en Santé Publique | In French | |
| ISOPT | International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics | In English | → Congresses → Ophthalmology |
| JABS | Justice Awareness and Basic Support | In English | → Organizations and associations → Law, jurisprudence |
| JClP | Journal of Clinical Pharmacology | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| JCPA | Journées Cumulées en Présence d'Antigène | In French | |
| JPhPh | Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| JPS | Journal of Pharmacological Sciences | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| KNDB | Koninklijke Nederlandse Drogisten Bond | In Dutch | → Organizations and associations → Netherlands |
| LAF | Laboratory Animal Facilities | In English | → Biological sciences |
| LAF | Live Animal Facilities | In English | → Biological sciences → Zoology |
| LEEM | Les Entreprises du Médicament | In French | |
| LETS | Leiden Thrombophilia Study | In English | → Pathology |
| LFB | Laboratoire français du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies (https://www.groupe-lfb.com) | In French | → Biotechnology → France |
| LPO | Last Patient Out | In English | |
| LUV | Large Unilamellar Vesicle | In English | → Biotechnology |
| MAA | Marketing Authorization Application | In English | |
| MCH | Medicinal Chemistry | In English | |
| MDS | Médicament Dérivé du Sang ou du plasma humain | In French | |
| MEDRA | Medical Dictionary for Drug Regulatory Activities | In English | → Dictionaries |
| MMF | Mycophenolate Mofetil | In English | |
| MVL | Multilamellar Vesicle | In English | → Biotechnology |
| NAPCC | National Animal Poison Control Center | In English | → Organizations and associations → Veterinary medicine |
| NDA | New Drug Application | In English | |
| NERI | Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor = ARI, NRI (look above) |
In English | → Neurology |
| NET | Nécrolyse Épidermique Toxique = TEN | Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis | In English |
In French | → Dermatology → Immunology and allergy |
| NRA | Norepinephrine Releasing Agent | In English | → Neurology |
| NRI | Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor = ARI, NERI (look above) |
In English | → Neurology |
| NRI | Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitor = ARI, NERI (look above) |
In English | → Neurology |
| ÖGA | Österreichische Gesellschaft für Akupunktur (www.akupunktur.at) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Austria |
| OGKA | Österreichische Gesellschaft für kontrollierte Akupunktur (www.ogka.at) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Austria |
| ÖGKC | Österreichische Gesellschaft für klinische Chemie | In German | → Organizations and associations → Biochemistry, biophysics → Austria |
| ÖGPB | Österreichische Gesellschaft für Neuropsychopharmakologie und Biologische Psychiatrie (www.oegpb.at) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Neurology → Psychiatry → Austria |
| ÖGT | Österreichische Gesellschaft für Tuina (www.tuina.or.at) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Austria |