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Terms of Use

I. FDA Regulatory Information

(The Orange Book; Package Inserts; FDA Enforcement Report; Labeling Changes Related to Drug Safety; Adverse Drug Reactions; New Drug Approvals; Orphan Drugs; Patent Information; and Drug Company Regulatory Letters)

II. Government Web Pages

(CDC; Code of Federal Regulations; FDA; HCFA; Healthfinder; NIH, NIH-OAM; WHO)

III. Insurance Companies and 3rd Party Payer Formularies

(PCS Health Systems; PCS Performance Drug List)

IV. Pharmacy Organizations

(ASHP; International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists; USP; WSPA)

V. Reference Library

(Code of Federal Regulations; The "Pink Sheet"; Healthlinks; Ovid Full-text Journals; The Merck Manual; MMWR)

VI. Special Drug Information Web Pages

(Alternative Medicine web sites; Code of Federal Regulations; HealthWeb; Inactive Ingredient Guide; Martindale's Health Science Guide and Health-Related links; Micromedex (not for database searching); Pharmaceutical Information Network; Pharmweb; PRN Disease Management Information; UWMC/HMC Pharmacy-Compiled Information)

VII. University of Washington Web Pages

(Academic Medical Centers; External Pharm D Program; School of Pharmacy; University of Washington)

I. FDA Regulatory Information

• Adverse Drug Reactions
  • Adverse Drug Reaction Database (ADRs mainly reported by health professionals)
  • Labeling Changes Related to Drug Safety A file summarizing package insert revisions
  • MedWatch (For reporting adverse drug reactions to the FDA)
    
• Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (The "Orange Book")
  • 17th Edition
  • Cumulative Supplement 4 (4/97)
  • Monthly Additions and Deletions
    
• New Drug Approvals
  • Antiretroviral HIV Drug Approval (Chart lists drug name, company, adult and pediatric approval date).
  • Approved Final Printed Labeling (coming soon from the FDA) For drafts of package inserts also see: New Drug Approval Packages, Generic Drug Approval Packages, CDER Newly Approved Drugs Listing
  • CDER Newly Approved Drugs Listing (This is an interim page intended to provide timely information on new drug products as a more comprehensive page is developed. If the Approval Letter, Label or Review for the drug is available, a hyperlink posting date will take you to the source document.)
  • Drug Approvals for Cancer Indications
  • Drug Approvals List (September 1996 forward)
  • Drug and Device Approvals (February 1991-August 1996)
  • New Drug Approval Categories (definitions)
  • New Drug Approval Packages (These packages have been edited to remove confidential information.)
    • Generic Drugs
    • New Drugs
      
• Patent Term Extension and New Patents
  • New (5/1/98)
  • Cumulative
    
• Recalls, Enforcement Reports, and Regulatory Letters
  • FDA Enforcement Report Index
  • FDA CBER Recalls/Withdarwals/Safety Issues
  • Regulatory Letters to Drug Companies (Some letters have been edited to remove confidential information)
    

II. Government and International Web Pages

• CDC Home Page
  • CDC Travel Information
    
• Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs)
  
• DSHS: State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services Division of Medical Assistance Administration
  
• FDA Home Page
  
• HCFA Home Page
  
• Healthfinder: A "gateway" consumer health and human services information web site from the US government.
  
• NIH Home Page
  
• NIH-Office of Alternative Medicine Home Page
  
• WHO Home Page
  

III. Insurance Companies and 3rd Party Payer Formularies

• PCS Health Systems
  • Performance Drug List

IV. Pharmacy Organizations

• ASHP Home Page
  
• International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists
  
• United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Home Page
  
• WSPA Home Page

V. Reference Library

• Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs)
  
• F-D-C Reports (The "Pink Sheet")
  
• Healthlinks
  • Ovid Full-text Journals
    
• Merck Manual
  
• Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

VI. Special Drug Information Web Pages

• Alternative Medicine: For information that is out of the mainstream
  • Alternative Health News Online
  • Alternative Medicine Home Page
  • NIH Office of Alternative Medicine
    
• Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs)
  
• HealthWeb: Evaluated information resources (from the Big Ten universities and the University of Chicago)
  • Pharmacy & Pharmacology Section: Reference sources for clinical and public service pharmacists (from Purdue University, Pharmacy, Nursing, & Health Sciences Library)
  • Alphabetical List of HealthWeb Subjects
    
• Helix: Sponsored by Glaxo-Wellcome (registration required for health professional information)
  
• Inactive Ingredient Guide (coming soon from the FDA)
  
• Martindale's Health Science Guide and Health-Related links
  
• Micromedex Home Page (not designed for database searching)
  
• Pharmaceutical Information Network
  
• Pharmweb Home Page
  
• PRN Disease Management Information: PRN web page (for guidance regarding the role of drugs in the treatment of select diseases and for information on alternative products)
  
• UWMC/HMC Pharmacy-Compiled Information: PRN web page (for answers to frequently asked questions, contents of the pharmacist's indispensable "Rolodex" file (coming soon), and phone numbers for local drug reps)

VII. University of Washington Web Pages

• UW Academic Medical Centers Home Page
  
• UW/WSU External Pharm D Program Home Page
  
• UW School of Pharmacy Home Page
  
• University of Washington Home Page