International Register of Drug Information Services

The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia

PO Box 1774 Collingwood Victoria 3066 Australia – 03 9486 0177 http://shpa.org.au - [email protected] – ABN: 54 004 553 806

International Register of

Drug Information Services

The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia

August 2016

Please contact SHPA to update the details for your drug information service.

Email: [email protected]

http://shpa.org.au/

mailto:[email protected]


International Register of Drug Information Services

The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia 2

ContentsArgentina ................................................ 3

Australia .................................................. 3

Austria .................................................... 3

Brazil ....................................................... 3

Canada ................................................... 4

China ...................................................... 4

Czech Republic ....................................... 4

Egypt ...................................................... 5

Eritrea ..................................................... 5

Ethiopia ................................................... 5

Finland .................................................... 5

France .................................................... 6

Germany ................................................. 6

Ghana ..................................................... 7

Greece .................................................... 7

India ........................................................ 8

Indonesia .............................................. 13

Iran ....................................................... 13

Ireland ................................................... 13

Israel ..................................................... 13

Italy ....................................................... 14

Japan .................................................... 14

Kenya ................................................... 14

Kyrgystan .............................................. 15

Lebanon ................................................ 15

Lithuania ............................................... 15

Malaysia................................................ 16

Moldova ................................................ 16

Nepal .................................................... 16

Netherlands .......................................... 17

New Zealand ......................................... 17

Norway ................................................. 18

Oman .................................................... 18

Pakistan ................................................ 19

Peru ...................................................... 19

The Philippines ..................................... 19

Portugal ................................................ 20

Russia ................................................... 20

Saudi Arabia ......................................... 20

Singapore ............................................. 21

Slovak Republic .................................... 21

South Africa .......................................... 22

Spain .................................................... 22

Sri Lanka ............................................... 23

Sweden ................................................. 23

Switzerland ........................................... 24

Thailand ................................................ 24

United Kingdom .................................... 25

United States of America ...................... 25

Vietnam................................................. 25

Zimbabwe ............................................. 26

The SHPA International Register of Drug Information Services facilitates communication between drug information practitioners. Participants undertake to assist each other with simple enquiries about medications in their respective countries or regions. These enquiries usually involve identification and sourcing of marketed pharmaceuticals.

Contact Leone Snowden, Drug Information Pharmacist, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, for information regarding the register.




Argentina Centro de Información de Medicamentos Farmacéutico (CIMF), La Plata Colegio de Farmacéuticos de la Prov. de Buenos Aires

Calle 5 nº 966

(1900) La Plata

Buenos Aires

ARGENTINA

Telephone: + 54 21 290 900

Facsimile: + 54 21 224 894


Director: Daniel Domosbian

Regional drug information centre for Buenos Aires

Last update: January 1999

Australia Austin Health, Melbourne

Pharmacy - Drug Information

Austin Hospital

145 Studley Road

Heidelberg VIC 3084

AUSTRALIA

Telephone: + 61 3 9496 5668

Facsimile: + 61 3 9459 4546


Drug Information Pharmacist: Jane Booth

Last update: September 2013

Austria Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wein - Universitätskliniken, Vienna Anstaltsapotheke

Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien - Universitätskliniken

A-1090 Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20

AUSTRIA

Telephone: + 43 1 40400 1538 (or 1539)

Facsimile: + 43 1 40400 1549


Mag. Pharm: Ms Petra Gludovatz

Hospital pharmacy based drug information service.


Brazil Centro Brasileiro de Informação sobre Medicamentos (CEBRIM), Brasília Conselho Federal de Farmácia (Federal Council of Pharmacy)

Centro Brasileiro de Informação sobre Medicamentos

(Brazilian Drug Information Centre)

SBS Q. 1 Bl. K Ed. Seguradoras - 8º andar

70093-900 Brasília DF

BRAZIL

Telephone: + 55 61 321 0555

Facsimile: + 55 61 321 0819



Web: www.cff.org.br/cebrim

Pharmacist, MSc: Carlos Cezar Flores Vidotti

We are a member of the 'Sistema Brasileiro de Informação sobre Medicamentos - SISMED' (Brazilian Drug Information System). SISMED has 21 centers throughout Brazil; see website for contact details.






http://www.cff.org.br/cebrim




Canada British Columbia Drug & Poison Information Centre, Vancouver BC Drug and Poison Information Centre

1081 Burrard Street

Vancouver

British Columbia V6Z 1Y6

CANADA

Telephone: + 1 604 682 2344 x 62126

Facsimile: + 1 604 806 8262


Program Supervisor, Drug Information: Ms Janet Webb

Regional drug information centre for British Columbia, Canada. Regional poison control centre for British Columbia. Regional ADR reporting centre.


Ontario Pharmacists' Association Drug Information and Research Centre, Toronto Drug Information and Research Centre

Ontario Pharmacists' Association

23 Lesmill Road, Suite 301

Don Mills ON M3B 3P6

CANADA

Telephone: + 1 416 385 2444

Facsimile: + 1 416 385 2442


Web: www.dirc.ca

Director: Scott Gavura

Drug information service providing subscription/contracted services: drug information call centre access to health

care professionals and the public, medical writing, teaching/educational programs and research projects relating to drug information and pharmacy practice. Receiving over 70,000 requests annually, DIRC is one of the busiest DICs in the world.


China Chief Pharmacist's Office, Hong Kong

Drug Information Centre

Chief Pharmacist's Office

10/F, Multicentre, Block A

Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital

3 Lok Man Road, Chai Wan

Hong Kong

CHINA

Telephone: + 852 2515 2531

Facsimile: + 852 2515 2413


Director: Dr Petty Lee

Central drug information centre for Hospital Authority of Hong Kong.

Last update: August 2006

Czech Republic Charles University (Prague), Hradec Králové Lekove Informacni Centrum, Charles University

Katedra socialni a klinicke farmacie

Farmaceutická fakulta UK

Heyrovského 1203, Hradec Králové 50005

CZECH REPUBLIC

Telephone: + 420 49 506 7321



http://www.dirc.ca/




Facsimile: + 420 49 551 2266


Web: www.faf.cuni.cz/lic/sluzby.asp

Director: Jirí Vlcek

Other Czech drug information centres: Statni ustav pro kontrolu leciv, Informacni centrum o lecich, Srobarova 48, Praha 10, 10041 ([email protected])

Informacni centrum, nemocnicni lekarna, Fakultni nemocnice u sv. Anny, Pekarska 54, 65691.

Last update: February 2009

Egypt Kasr Al-Ainy Drug Information Center (KDIC), Cairo Cairo University Hospital

Kasr Alainy Street

Cairo

EGYPT

Telephone: + 20 2 23687397


Pharmacist: Rania Ramzi

KDIC was established in 2009. The service is provided for health professionals in Cairo University hospitals and other hospitals in Egypt.

Last update: October 2012

Eritrea National Pharmaceutical Information Unit, Asmara National Pharmaceutical Information Unit

Department of Regulatory Services

Ministry of Health

PO Box 212, Asmara

ERITREA

Telephone: + 291 1 12 2429

Facsimile: + 291 1 12 2899


Drug Information Pharmacist: Mr Embaye Andom

Last update: March 2004

Ethiopia Drug Administration and Control Authority, Addis Ababa

Drug Information Center

Drug Administration and Control Authority

P.O. Box 5681

Addis Ababa

ETHIOPIA

Telephone: + 251 1 524122

Facsimile: + 251 1 521392


Information Pharmacist: Mengistu Tadesse


Finland Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio Pharmacy

Kuopio University Hospital

PL 1777

70211 Kuopio

FINLAND

Telephone: + 358 17 173 502

Facsimile: + 358 17 173 507


Director: Mr Raimo Ojala


http://www.faf.cuni.cz/lic/sluzby.asp








France Centre Régional d'Information sur le Médicament (CRIM), Rennes Centre Régional d'Information sur le Médicament (CRIM)

Pharmacien CHU Hôtel-Dieu

35064 RENNES cedex

FRANCE

Telephone: + 33 299 873 407

Facsimile: + 33 299 873 408



Web: www.chu-rennes.fr/sections/professionnels_de_sa/crim

Director: Michel Le Duff

CRIM assists hospital and community health professionnals, mainly from western France: Brittany, Normandy and the west-Loire valley. It offers a medical library, formulary and P&T committee support, Q/A service and the Bulletin d'Information du Médicament et de Pharmacovigilance, published every two months (ISDB full member). It has been providing academic detailing for GPs throughout the region since November 2003.

Last update: July 2007

Unité Fonctionnelle d'Information Pharmacothérapeutique et Pharmacovigilance (UF IPTV), Paris UF Information Pharmacothérapeutique et Pharmacovigilance

Agence Générale des Equipements et Produits de Santé des Hôpitaux de Paris (AGEPS)

Pharmacie Centrale Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris

7, rue du Fer à Moulin - BP 09

75221 Paris cedex 05

FRANCE

Telephone: + 33 1 4669 1212/1445/1444

Facsimile: + 33 1 4336 9297


Assistant Director: Bernard Sarrut

SIMP serves 50 hospitals in the Paris region and consists of a drug information centre, a formulary service and a drug utilisation service.

Assistant Director: Bernard Sarrut - [email protected]

Director: Agnese Brouard, Email - [email protected]

Germany ABDA - Federal Union of German Associations of Pharmacists, Berlin

Center for Drug Information and Pharmacy Practice

ABDA - Federal Union of German Associations of Pharmacists

Jaegerstrasse 49/50

10117 Berlin

GERMANY

Telephone: + 49 30 40004 241, -242

Facsimile: + 49 30 40004 243


Director: Dr Martin Schulz

Principal drug information pharmacist: Dr Ralf Goebel

Zentrum für Arzneimittelinformation und Pharmazeutische Praxis (ZAPP) der ABDA.



http://www.chu-rennes.fr/sections/professionnels_de_sa/crim









Apotheke Staedtisches Klinikum, Karlsruhe Drug Information Service

Apotheke Staedtisches Klinikum

Moltkestrasse 90

76133 Karlsruhe

GERMANY

Telephone: + 49 721 974 1652

Facsimile: + 49 721 974 1669


Pharmacist: Sylvia Crawford

Pharmacists in charge of drug information service: Sylvia Crawford, Peter Boehne, Martin Schmidt, Joachim Richter, Gertrud Decker, Birgit Maas, Constanze Gandor.


Apotheke der Universitaetsklinik, Heidelberg Drug Information Service

Pharmacy Department

University Hospital of Heidelberg

Im Neuenheimer Feld 670

69120 Heidelberg

GERMANY

Telephone: + 49 6221 56 6778

Facsimile: + 49 6221 56 4973



Director: Martina Schwald


Ghana National Drug Information Resource Centre, Accra P. O. Box 10344

Accra-North

GHANA

Telephone: +233 21 678 557

Facsimile: +233 21 678 557

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: www.ghanadruginfo.org

National Coordinator and Head: Philip Anum

Last update: December 2003

Greece Hellenic Rebublic, National Organization for Medicines (Ethikos Organismos Farmakon - EOF), Athens Ethikos Organismos Farmakon (EOF)

284 Mesogion Av.

GR - 155 62 Holargos-Athens

GREECE

Telephone: + 30 10 6507 297

Facsimile: + 30 10 6545 534


Head of Information Section (Chemist-Pharmacist): Mr Apostolos Kampras

National drug organization for Hellas.

Web: www.eof.gr






http://www.ghanadruginfo.org/


http://www.eof.gr/



India Al Shifa Hospital, Perintalmanna Drug Information Centre, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Al Shifa Hospital, Ootty Road, Perintalmanna – 679 322 Kerala INDIA

Telephone: +91 4933 227616 (ext 468, 469)


Drug Information Pharmacist: Dilip. C


Annamalai University, Nagar Drug Information Centre, Division of Pharmacy Practice Department of Pharmacy, Annamalai University P.O. Annamalai, Nagar - 608 002 Tamil Nadu INDIA

Telephone: + 91 4144 239738

Fax: + 91 4144 239738



In-charge: Professor Guru Prasad Mohanta


Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh Drug Information Center

Institute of Pharmacy

Assam Medical College

Dibrugarh - 786 002, Assam

INDIA

Telephone: +91 373 2300903

Fax: +91 024 2300080



In-charge:

Mr Ariful Hussain, Lecturer, Institute of Pharmacy

Mr Debajyoti Gogoi, Lecturer, Institute of Pharmacy

Project under Karnataka State Pharmacy Council and WHO India


Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, Bangalore Shivajinagar

Bangalore

Telephone: + 91 80 2559 1362 (ext 356)



Drug Information Pharmacists: Mr Satya Murthy, Ms PK Lakshmi

Medical Superintendent: Dr PM Shetty

Collaboration between Karnataka State Pharmacy Council and Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital.


Bulletin on Drug & Health Information (BODHI), Kolkata 254, Lake Town

Kolkata 700 089

INDIA

Telephone: + 91 33 534 4878

Facsimile: + 91 33 534 4878

Editor: Professor PK Sarkar

Disseminates drug information through BODHI (bimonthly) and also through postal correspondence on individual requests


CDMU Documentation Centre, Kolkata Community Development Medicinal Unit










47/1B, Garcha Road

Kolkata - 700 019

INDIA

Telephone: + 91 33 2461 8153

Facsimile: + 91 33 2475 5668



Web: www.cdmubengal.org

Manager: Sushanta Roy, tel. + 91 98311 31344 (mobile)

Only drug information centre in Eastern Region of India


Chattisgarh State Pharmacy Council, Raipur Drug Information Center

Chattisgarh State Pharmacy Council

Quarter No. - 77, Sector No. - 3

Geetanjali Nagar

Raipur (C.G.), Pin-492001

INDIA

Telephone: + 91 771 2444591

Fax: + 91 771 2442569



DIC In-charge: Mr Amber Vyas



Goa Drug Information Center C/o Hindu Pharmacy

Cunha Rivara Road, P.B. No. 149

Panaji, Goa - 403 001

INDIA

Telephone: + 91 832 2223176, 2432903

Fax: + 91 832 237776


In-charge:

Mr Raj Vaidya, Chief Pharmacist

Ms Pooja Broker, Pharmacist



Haryana State Drug Information Center, Sirsa Lord Shiva College of Pharmacy

Near Civil Hospital, PB No. 63

Sirsa, Haryana

INDIA

Telephone: + 91 1666 240057

Fax: +91 1666 242695

Mob: +91 981 2228328


In-charge:

Mr Sameer Dhingra, Senior Lecturer

Ms Renu Kadian, Lecturer



JIPMER - Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry Drug Information Centre

Department of Pharmacology

JIPMER Hospital

Gorimedu

Pondicherry - 605 006

INDIA



http://www.cdmubengal.org/







Telephone: + 91 413 2272381 ext 3302

Mobile: + 91 9360532592



Director - Professor & Head of Pharmacology: Dr C Adithan

The Drug Information Centre, located at JIPMER Hospital, was established by the Department of Pharmacology in June 2007. It also provides services to other hospitals in Pondicherry.

Last update: May 2008

JSS Medical College Hospital, Mysore Department of Clinical Pharmacy

JSS Medical College Hospital

Ramanuja Road

Mysore - 570 004

INDIA

Telephone: + 91 821 2421 218

Facsimile: + 91 821 2495 900


Professor & Head: Dr G Parthasarathi

Assistant Professor: Mr M Ramesh

Drug Information Centre located at JSS Hospital, Mysore was established by the JSS College of Pharmacy in 1997. It also provides services to Holdsworth Memorial Hospital and Basappa Memorial Hospital.

Last update: April 2007

Karnataka State Pharmacy Council, Bangalore Drug Information Centre

Karnataka State Pharmacy Council

514/E, I MAIN, II STAGE, RPC Layout

Vijayanagar Club Road

Bangalore - 560 040

INDIA

Telephone: + 91 80 2338 3142

Facsimile: + 91 80 2320 2345 (1000 to 1730 only)



Drug Information Pharmacist: Mr Samson P George

Honorary Consultant: Dr PK Lakshmi (email: [email protected])

Department of Pharmacy Practice, Victoria Hospital, Bangalore

The Department of Pharmacy Practice is a co-ordination programme between Karnataka State Pharmacy Council, Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy and Victoria Hospital. The department provides a postgraduate programme in pharmacy practice. The KSPC Drug Information Center in association with the Pharmacy Practice Department provides drug information to the combined hospitals of Victoria, namely, Vanivilas Hospital and Minto Hospital.

Drug Information Center in-charge: PK Lakshmi, Deputy Director, Drug Information.

Head of Department: Dr Shobha Rani R Hiremath


Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Manipal Department of Pharmacy Practice

Kasturba Medical College Hospital

Manipal, Uduppi(dt)

Karnataka

INDIA

Telephone: + 91 825 271 201









Facsimile: + 91 825 270 062, 061


Associate Professor & Head, Department of Pharmacy Practice: Dr Padma GN Rao

Drug information service for health professionals of Kasturba Medical College Hospital. Supports teaching program for postgraduate Pharmacy Practice students.


Kempagwada Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore Department of Pharmacy Practice

Visveswarapura Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Kempagwada Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital & Research Centre

New Building, 4th floor, K.R. Road, V.V. Puram

Bangalore, Karnataka, Pin – 560 004

INDIA

Professor & Head: Dr Kalyani Prakasam, MPharm, PhD

Telephone: + 91 80 41312648

Facsimile: + 91 80 26711861



Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH) Drug & Poison Information Center

Department of Pharmacy Practice

Kovai Medical Center and Hospital

Coimbatore 641014

INDIA

Telephone: +91 422-4323214

Head: A Vijayakumar


Maharashtra State Pharmacy Council, Mumbai Drug Information Centre

Maharashtra State Pharmacy Council

E.S.I.S. Hospital Compound

L.B.S. Marge, Mulund (W)

Mumbai - 400 080

INDIA

Telephone: + 91 22 2593 0607

Facsimile: + 91 22 2568 4291



Web: www.mspcindia.org

Pharmacist-in-Charge: Dr (Mrs) Sampada Patvardhan (PhD Tech)


National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali Medicine Information Centre


National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research

Sector 67

S A S Nagar - 160062, Punjab

INDIA

Telephone: +91 172 221 4682 (to 4686)

Facsimile: + 91 172 221 4692


www.niper.nic.in/depart.htm#Medicine

Associate Professor in Pharmacy Practice: Dr Pramil Tiwari

Established under the aegis of the Higher Education Link Scheme managed by the British Council. Provides medicines information to healthcare professionals





http://www.mspcindia.org/


http://www.niper.nic.in/depart.htm#Medicine



and training for students of pharmacy practice.


N.R.S. Medical College & Hospital, Calcutta Drug Information & Dissemination Center

Pharmacology Department

N.R.S. Medical College & Hospital

138, A.J.C. Bose Road

Kolkata - 700 014, West Bengal

INDIA

Telephone: + 91 33 3095 3066



Pharmacist: PK Biswas

Professor of Pharmacology: (Dr) Krishnangshu Roy

Last update: November 2004

Raghavendra Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (RIPER) / RDT Hospital, Anantapur Poison & Drug Information Center


Raghavendra Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research / RDT Hospital

Chiyyedu Post, Anantapur

Andhra Pradesh, 515721

INDIA

Telephone: + 91 8559244220

Fax: + 91 8554255646



In charge: Mr Dixon Thomas

Publisher of RIPER PDIC Bulletin (www.riperjournals.org)


Rajasthan Pharmacy Council and Lal Bahudur Shastri College of Pharmacy, Jaipur Drug Information Center

Rajasthan Pharmacy Council and Lal Bahudur Shastri College of Pharmacy

Udai Marg, Tilak Nagar

Jaipur - 302004, Rajasthan

INDIA

Telephone: + 91 141 3258229, 2620517

Fax: + 91 141 2620517



DIC staff: Dr Sunita Jain, Mr Manoj Dixit, Ms Garima Joshi



Sri Ramachandra College of Pharmacy, Chennai Drug & Poisons Information Centre

Sri Ramachandra College of Pharmacy

Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute (Deemed University)

Porur

Chennai - 600 116

INDIA

Telephone: + 91 44 4765512 363


Principal: Dr Vasantha Janardhanan

Lecturer in Pharmacy: Diviya PT

Lecturer in Pharmacy: Rexy J





http://www.riperjournals.org/







Indonesia Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta Instalasi Farmasi

RSUPN Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo

Jl. Kimia Ujung

Jakarta 10320

INDONESIA

Telephone: + 62 21 319 31688

Facsimile: + 62 21 314 3580



Head of Pharmacy Department: Yulia Trisna

RSUPN Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo (RSCM) is the national referral hospital for Indonesia.

Pharmacists: Yustika Novianti, Rina Mutiara (Paediatrics)

Last update: June 2010

Iran Drug & Poison Information Center, Tehran

Drug & Poison Information Center

Second Floor, Third Building, Ministry of Health

Fakhr-E-Razi Street, Enghelab Avenue

Tehran

IRAN

Telephone: + 98 21 641 9306

Facsimile: + 98 21 641 7252



Director: Shekoufeh Nikfar, PharmD

MPH Advisor: Mohammad Abdollahi, PharmD, PhD

Drug and poison information service available daily from 8 am to 2 pm (except Friday).


Ireland National Medicines Information Centre, Dublin

National Medicines Information Centre

St James's Hospital

James's Street

Dublin 8

IRELAND

Telephone: + 353 1 473 0589

Facsimile: + 353 1 473 0596



Chief Pharmacist - Medicines Information: Ms Claudine Hughes

National drug information centre for healthcare professionals in the Republic of Ireland.


Israel Beilinson Drug Information Center, Tel Aviv Beilinson Drug Information Center

Pharmacy

Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Campus

49100 Petah-Tikva

ISRAEL

Telephone: + 972 3 937 6911

Facsimile: + 972 3 937 6912










Director: Bracha Stahl


Italy Milan Drug Information Centre (CIF)

Laboratory for Mother and Child Health

'Mario Negri' Pharmacological Research Institute

Via Eritrea 62

20157 Milan

ITALY

Telephone: + 39 2 39005070

Facsimile: + 39 2 3550924


Director: Maurizio Bonati, MD


Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo Clinical Toxicology - Poison Control Center

Ospedali Riuniti

Largo Barozzi, 1

24128 Bergamo

ITALY

Telephone: + 39 035 269 469

Facsimile: + 39 035 266 806


Director: Maria Luisa Farina, MD

24 hour/day poisons and drug information service.

www.ospedaliriuniti.bergamo.it/azienda/Dipartimenti/Tossicol/index4.htm


Japan Japan Pharmaceutical Information Center, Tokyo Japan Pharmaceutical Information Center (JAPIC)

3rd floor, Nagai Memorial Hall

2-12-15 Shibuya, Shibuya-Ku

Tokyo, 150-0002

JAPAN

Telephone: + 81 3 5466 1827

Facsimile: + 81 3 5466 1814


www.japic.or.jp

Adviser: Ms Koko Sasaki


Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe Center for Clinical Pharmacy Education and Research

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Kobe Gakuin University

518 Arise, Ikawadani-cho

Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2180

JAPAN

Telephone: + 81 78 974 4765

Facsimile: + 81 78 974 5689


Associate Professor of Pharmacy: Eiichi Akaho, PhD


Kenya Gertrude's Garden Children's Hospital, Nairobi Pharmacy




http://www.ospedaliriuniti.bergamo.it/azienda/Dipartimenti/Tossicol/index4.htm

http://www.ospedaliriuniti.bergamo.it/azienda/Dipartimenti/Tossicol/index4.htm


http://www.japic.or.jp/




Gertrude's Garden Children's Hospital

PO Box 42325-00100

Nairobi

KENYA

Telephone: + 254 2 3763 477

Facsimile: + 254 2 3763 281


Chief Pharmacist: Dr Atieno Ojoo


Kyrgystan Department of Drug Provision and Medical Equipment, Bishkek Drug Information Centre

Department of Drug Provision and Medical Equipment

Ministry of Health

25 Tretiya Liniya str

Bishkek 720044

KYRGYZSTAN

Telephone: + 996 312 54 29 10

Facsimile: + 996 312 54 29 10


Head of Drug Information Centre: Saliya Karymbaeva

Coordinator of the Eurasian Drug Information Network, which joins information centres from Ukraine, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Moldova, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. Adverse drug reaction monitoring and pharmacovigilance.


Lebanon Hôtel Dieu de France University Hospital, Beirut Beirut Drug Information Center

Hôtel Dieu de France University Hospital

Abid Ishac Street - Achrafieh

Beyrouth

LEBANON

Telephone: + 961 1 615 248/278

Facsimile: + 961 1 615 248


Director of Pharmacy: Dr Maguy Abou Selwan


Lithuania Drug Information Centre of State Medicines Control Agency, Vilnius Drug Information Centre of State Medicines Control Agency

Traku str 14

2001 Vilnius

LITHUANIA

Telephone: + 370 2 222 720

Telephone: + 370 2 627 860

Facsimile: + 370 2 222 948


Head: Prof. Jurgis Ramanaukas

Drug information centre of State Medicines Control Agency at the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania.








Malaysia Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) - 'National University Hospital of Malaysia', Kuala Lumpur Drug Information Centre - Pharmacy Department

Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak

56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur

MALAYSIA

Telephone: + 60 3 9170 2154

Telephone: + 60 3 9173 3333 x 2154/2156

Facsimile: + 60 3 9173 7151

Drug Information Pharmacist:

Provides drug or medicine information services mainly to base hospital healthcare professionals, but also patients and public, as well as retail pharmacies and hospital pharmacies around West Malaysia.


National Poison Centre, Penang Drug Information and Toxicology Unit

National Poison Centre

Universti Sains Malaysia

11800 Penang

MALAYSIA

Telephone: + 60 4 657 0099

Facsimile: + 60 4 656 8417



Head: Dr Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman

National drug and poison information centre for Malaysia.

Last update: November 2003

Moldova Informational Pharmacological Centre 'DrugInfo Moldova' Informational Pharmacological Centre 'DrugInfo Moldova'

Bogdan Voevod Ave

2a, office 2, Moldova, 2068

Chisinau

MOLDOVA

Telephone: + 373 2 44 40 12

Facsimile: + 373 2 45 05 94



Drug Information Clinical Pharmacologist: Dr Natalia Cebotarenco, PhD

DrugInfo Moldova is a non-profit organization created in 1995 in order to improve public health in Moldova and the New Independent States. Main mission is to promote Rational Drug Use and Essential Drugs Concept, providing independent, objective drug information to the health care professionals, pharmacists and consumers. The basis of DrugInfo Moldova consists of specialists in health care and pharmacists.

Nepal Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara Manipal College of Medical Sciences

Fulbari, Pokhara

NEPAL

Telephone: +977 61 526420

Facsimile: + 977 61 527862


In-charge, Drug Information Center: Pranaya Mishra








Affiliated with Drug Information Network of Nepal (DINoN) )


Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu Drug Information Unit (DIU)

Department of Clinical Pharmacology

Institute of Medicine

Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital

PO Box 3578

Maharajgunj, Kathmandu

NEPAL

Telephone: + 977 1 4412303

Facsimile: + 977 1 4418186



www.dda.gov.np

Contact persons: Prof. Kumud Kumar Kafle, Dr Sanu Maiya Shakya, Dr Sangha Ratna Bajracharya and Dr Yatin M Shivkar.

Hospital-based drug information service. Provides question-answer services and other drug-related information, and publishes Drug and Therapeutics Letter - a quarterly drug bulletin. Member of Drug Information Network of Nepal (DINoN).


Netherlands KNMP Medicines Information Centre, The Hague KNMP Medicines Information Centre

Postbox 30460

2500 GL The Hague

NETHERLANDS

Telephone: + 31 70 373 7377

Facsimile: + 31 70 361 7637


www.knmp.nl and www.apotheek.nl

Head Drug Information: Mrs Rian Lelie - van der Zande

KNMP Medicines Information Centre is a department of the Royal Dutch Association for the Advancement of Pharmacy (KNMP).


New Zealand Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch Drug Information Service

Clinical Pharmacology Department

Christchurch Hospital

Private Bag 4710

Christchurch

NEW ZEALAND

Telephone: +64 3 364 0900

Facsimile: +64 3 364 0902


www.druginformation.co.nz

Chief Drug Information Pharmacist: Pam Buffery


Dunedin Hospital, Dundedin Dunedin Hospital Pharmacy

Otago District Health Board

201 Great King Street

Dunedin

NEW ZEALAND

Telephone: + 64 3 474 7658

Facsimile: + 64 3 474 7638




http://www.dda.gov.np/


http://www.apotheek.nl/


http://www.druginformation.co.nz/




Drug Information Pharmacist: Jocelyn Livesey


Norway RELIS Midt-Norge, Trondheim St. Olavs hospital

N-7006 Trondheim

Telephone: + 47 73 55 01 60

Facsimile: + 47 73 55 08 15


Director, pharmacist: Marit Buajordet


RELIS Nord-Norge, Tromsø Universitetssykehuset

i Nord-Norge HF

Postboks 79

9038 Tromsø

NORWAY

Telephone: + 47 77 64 58 90

Facsimile: + 47 77 64 58 94


Director, Pharmacist: Lars Småbrekke


RELIS Sør, Oslo Rikshospitalet

0027 Oslo

NORWAY

Telephone: + 47 23 07 53 80

Facsimile: + 47 23 07 53 90


Director, pharmacist: Tone Westergren


RELIS Vest, Bergen Haukeland universitetssykehus

5021 Bergen

NORWAY

Telephone: + 47 55 97 53 60

Facsimile: + 47 55 29 07 18


Director, M.D.: Jan Schjøtt


RELIS Øst, Oslo Ullevål universitetssykehus

0407 Oslo

NORWAY

Telephone: + 47 23 01 64 11

Facsimile: + 47 23 01 64 10


Director, pharmacist, MPH: Kirsten Myhr


Common contacts for all web-related issues:


www.relis.no (Norwegian only)


Oman Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat Medicine Information Services

Department of Pharmacy

Sultan Qaboos University Hospital

PO Box 38, Postal Code 123

Al-Khod, Muscat

SULTANATE OF OMAN

Telephone: + 968 2441 5705







http://www.relis.no/



Facsimile: + 968 2441 5706



Drug Information Pharmacist: Mr Nibu P Nair

Chief Pharmacist: Dr Kassim Al Riyamy

Medicine information services for health professionals of Sultan Qaboos University Hospital(SQUH), and other hospitals of Oman.

Provides evidence based medicine literature for drug approvals in SQUH.


Pakistan Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi Department of Pharmacy Services

The Aga Khan University Hospital

P.O. Box 3500

Karachi - 74800

PAKISTAN

Telephone: + 92 21 486-1678

Facsimile: + 92 21 493-4294


www.aku.edu

Assistant Manager Inpatient: Mr Syed Shamim Raza


Network for Consumer Protection in Pakistan, Islamabad The Network for Consumer Protection in Pakistan

40-A Ramzan Plaza, Karachi Company

G-9 Markaz

Islamabad

PAKISTAN

Telephone: + 92 51 226 0133

Facsimile: + 92 51 226 2495



In-charge Drug Information: Ayesha Ahmed

The Drug Information Helpline is a local service run by an NGO in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. It offers a free service to consumers as well as health professionals. It offers all types of information that will help in rational drug use by both communities.


Peru Centro Nacional de Farmacovigilancia e Informacion de Medicamentos (CENAFIM), Lima Av. Arenales No. 1302, OF 318-319

Jesus Maria, Lima

PERU

Telephone: + 51 14 716 246

Facsimile: + 51 14 716 353



Jefe del CENFIM: Ms Susana Vasquez Lezcano


The Philippines National Drug Information Center, Manila Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine

University of the Philippines Manila



http://www.aku.edu/







P.O. Box 593, 547 Pedro Gil St

Manila 1000

THE PHILIPPINES

Telephone: + 63 2 526 4384

Facsimile: + 63 2 526 4384 (or 521 8251)



www.druginfo.ph

Project Leader: Isidro C Sia

Centre is a project of the Philippine National Drug Policy Program


Portugal Centro de Documentação e Informação de Medicamentos (CEDIME), Lisbon Drug Information Center - CEDIME

Associação Nacional das Farmácias

Rua Marechal Saldanha, 1

1249-069 Lisbon

PORTUGAL

Telephone: + 351 21 340 0660

Facsimile: + 351 21 340 0669



Technical Director: Maria Augusta Soares

Russia Information Centre of Institute of Pharmacology, Saint-Petersburg State Pavlov Medical University Information Centre, Institute of Pharmacology SPb GMU

L. Tolstoy str., 6/8

St.-Petersburg, 197022, Filial 1

RUSSIA

Telephone: + 7 812 346 3417

Facsimile: + 7 812 346 3417


www.spmu.runnet.ru/spmu/pharm

Head: Oleg I Karpov


Pharmedinfo, Moscow Russian Centre for Pharmaceutical and Medico-Technical Information - Pharmedifo

Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

103051, Moscow, POB 195

RUSSIA

Telephone: + 7 095 211 5356

Facsimile: + 7 095 211 5356


Director: Mrs Galina V. Shashkova

Russian Centre Pharmedinfo has been working in the field of drug information for 30 years in the former USSR and Russia.


Saudi Arabia King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh Pharmaceutical Care Department

King Fahad National Guard Hospital

P.O. Box 22490, Riyadh 11426

SAUDI ARABIA

Telephone: + 966 1 252 0088 ext 2555

Facsimile: + 966 1 252 0088 ext 3097



http://www.druginfo.ph/




http://www.spmu.runnet.ru/spmu/pharm




Clinical Pharmacist in charge of Drug Information: Mohammad S Alorainy, PharmD


Serving KFH staff and related sites and clinics throughout Riyadh.


King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh Drug Information Center

Department of Pharmacy Services

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre

P.O. Box 3354

Riyadh 11211 (MBC # 11)

SAUDI ARABIA

Telephone: + 966 1 442 7604

Facsimile: + 966 1 442 7608




Drug Information Pharmacists:

Ms Nada Abu-Shraie, BSc Pharm; Ms Nicole Gebran, PharmD

Hospital website: www.kfshrc.edu.sa

Last update: July 2003

Singapore Drug and Poisons Information Centre, Singapore Singapore General Hospital

Outram Road

Singapore 169608

SINGAPORE

Telephone: + 65 6423 9119

Facsimile: + 65 6324 2991


http://dpic.sgh.com.sg

Principal Clinical Pharmacist: Shyamala Narayanaswamy


Tan Tock Seng Hospital Pharmacy Department

Tan Tock Seng Hospital

11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng

Singapore 308 433

SINGAPORE

Telephone: + 65 6357 2016

Facsimile: + 65 6256 6460


Senior Drug Information Pharmacist: Lim Wan Peng


Slovak Republic Comenius University - Drug Information Centre, Bratislava Liekove Informacne Centrum

Comenius University, Faculty of Medicine


Sasinkova 4

813 72 Bratislava 1

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Telephone: +421 2 59357 220 (229)

Facsimile: +421 2 59357 508


Head of Department: Prof. Kriska

In charge of drug information: Dr Sladekova, Dr Slobodova, Dr Szalayova, Dr Tisonova





http://www.kfshrc.edu.sa/


http://dpic.sgh.com.sg/





Toxicology Information Centre, Bratislava: PharmDr Silvia Plackova, telephone +421 2 54774166.


South Africa Medicines Information Centre, Cape Town Medicines Information Centre


Faculty of Medicine, University of Cape Town

Observatory, 7925

SOUTH AFRICA

Telephone: + 27 21 406 6829

Facsimile: + 27 21 448 0503


www.mic.uct.ac.za

Drug Information Pharmacist: Briony Chisholm


Pharmnet Amayeza Information Centre, Johannesburg P.O. Box 11260

Fairland 2030

SOUTH AFRICA

Telephone: + 27 11 447 2100

Facsimile: + 27 11 447 2150


www.pharmnet.co.za

Manager: Lee Baker

Provides free telephone and Email based medicine enquiry answering service for health professionals - nationally and internationally. One of the specialties being developed is complementary medicine.


Spain Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Asturias, Oviedo Centro de Información de Medicamentos

Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Asturias

C/ Campomanes 24, 1º Oviedo 33008

SPAIN

Telephone: + 34 98 521 2176

Facsimile: +34 98 522 7676



Director: Ms Emma Zardain

Regional drug information centre located in the north of Spain.


Colegio Oficial de Farmaceuticos, Bilbao CIM - Centro de Information de Medicamentos

Colego Oficial de Farmaceuticos

C/Sabino Arana 20 - 6

48013 Bilbao

SPAIN

Telephone: + 34 4 439 5175

Facsimile: + 34 4 439 5181


Director: Juan del Arco

Regional drug information centre for Bizkaia.


http://www.mic.uct.ac.za/

http://www.pharmnet.co.za/






Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona Servei de Farmàcia

Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol

C/ del Canyet, s/n

08916 Badalona

SPAIN

Telephone: + 34 93 497 89 43

Facsimile: + 34 93 497 89 34


http://serverinf.hugtip.scs.es/Farmacia/farmacia.htm

Medical Subdirector: Xavier Bonafont

Last update: December 2001

Hospital del Aire, Madrid Servicio de Farmacia

Hospital del Aire

c/ Arturo Soria, 82

28027 - Madrid

SPAIN

Telephone: + 34 1 407 0561

Facsimile: + 34 1 407 0561


Director: Dr Antonio Aguilar

Drug information for Hospital del Aire and Air Forces.


Sri Lanka University of Colombo Department of Pharmacology

Faculty of Medicine

Unversity of Colombo

PO Box 271

Kynsey Road, Colombo 8

SRI LANKA

Telephone: + 94 1 1269 5300

Facsimile: + 94 1 1269 1581



Head of Drug Information: Dr Rohini Fernandopulle

Joint collaboration with the Ministry of Health. The centre provides drug information to health care professionals and consumers, and adverse drug reaction monitoring for the Ministry of Health. We have a full time medical officer to answer queries.


Sweden Apoteket AB, Stockholm Drug Information Centre

Apoteket AB

S-131 88 STOCKHOLM

SWEDEN

Telephone: + 46 8 454 8145

Facsimile: + 46 8 454 8135


Director: Dr Inger Nilsson, telephone + 46 8 466 1356, fax + 46 8 466 1360


ELIS, Lund Drug Information Centre

University Hospital

S-221 85 Lund

SWEDEN

Telephone: + 46 46 171 920

Facsimile: + 46 46 211 1987











Director: Mrs Ingrid Sandquist Larsson

ELIS is a cooperation between the National Corporation of Swedish pharmacies and the Department of Clinical Pharmacology in Lund.


Läkemedelsinformation VÄST, Göteborg Läkemedelsinformation

C/o Apoteket SU/Sahlgrenska

Box 75003

SE-400 36 Göteborg

SWEDEN

Telephone: + 46 31 342 37 37

Facsimile: + 46 31 82 07 64


Director: Mrs Margareta Ljunggren

In charge of drug information service: Mrs Margareta Ljunggren, Mr Leif Bergendal, Dr Anders Himmelmann.


Switzerland University Hospital of Basel Division of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology - Drug Information Service

Department of Internal Medicine

University Hospital of Basel

CH-4031 Basel

SWITZERLAND

Telephone: + 41 61 265 8868

Facsimile: + 41 61 265 8864


Drug Information Specialist: Raymond G Schlienger, PhD


University Hospital of Basel Institute of Hospital Pharmacy, Basel Institute of Hospital Pharmacy

Drug Information Service, Medizinische Querschnittsfunktionen

University Hospital of Basel

Spitalstrasse 26

CH-4031 Basel

SWITZERLAND

Telephone: + 41 61 265 2914

Facsimile: + 41 61 265 2300


Pharmacist-in-Charge: Regine Buxtorf, PhD


Thailand Mahidol University, Bangkok

Faculty of Pharmacy

Mahidol University

447 Sri-Ayuthaya Road

Rajatheri, Bangkok

THAILAND

Telephone: .+66-2644-8677-91

Facsimile: +66-2354-4326


Director: Dr Krittika Tanyasaensook










United Kingdom UK Medicines Information Contact details for UK drug information centres can be found under 'Directory' on the : UKMi Website

United States of America Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York, New York Pediatric Medication Resource Center

Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York

269-01 76th Avenue

New Hyde Park, New York 11040

USA

Telephone: + 1 516 470 8915

Telephone: + 1 516 470 3271


Director, Pediatric Pharmacy Service Line, North Shore-LIJ Health System: Enrico M. Ligniti, PharmD, MSCP

Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York is a specialty hospital within the North Shore-LIJ Health System. The Center provides information for affiliated healthcare professionals throughout the North Shore-LIJ Health System.


Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston Center for Drug Information and Natural Products

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

179 Longwood Avenue

Boston, MA 02115-5896

USA

Telephone: + 1 617 732 2759

Facsimile: + 1 617 732 2236


(Maria Kostka)


(Lana Dvorkin)

Executive Director: William McCloskey, PharmD


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Drug Information Service

University of North Carolina Hospitals

101 Manning Drive

Chapel Hill, NC

USA

Telephone: + 1 919 966 2373

Facsimile: + 1 919 966 8480


(Ashley Lewis)


(Maryann Oertel)

Director: Ashley Lewis

The Center's priority is to serve health professionals at UNC Hospitals and in the surrounding area. We will attempt to assist other callers.


Vietnam Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi

Pharmacy Department

http://www.ukmi.nhs.uk/








Bachmai Hospital

Giaiphong Street

Hanoi

VIETNAM

Drug Information Pharmacist: Gam Do


Drug Information Pharmacist: Duong Hai



Hanoi University of Pharmacy, Hanoi National Centre of Drug Information and Adverse Drug Reactions Monitoring

3rd Floor, GMP Building

Hanoi University of Pharmacy

13-15 Le Thanh Tong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

VIETNAM

Telephone: +84 43 9335618

Facsimile: +84 43 9335642


Director: Associate Professor Nguyen Dang Hoa


Vice Director: Vo Thi Thu Thuy


Vice Director: Nguyen Hoang Anh



Zimbabwe Drug and Toxicology Information Service

School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences,

University of Zimbabwe, Harare

PO Box A178

Avondale, Harare

ZIMBABWE

Telephone: + 263 4 790 233

Facsimile: + 263 4 790 233

Facsimile: + 263 4 307 148


Director: Dr Dexter Tagwireyi


Pharmacist: Nyasha Mufukari


Pharmacist: Louis Gadaga











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