| ART | 
Assisted reproduction technique | 
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| BfArM | 
Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte | 
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| CDER | 
(FDA) Center of Drug Evaluation and Research | 
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| CER | 
Clinical export report | 
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| COPD | 
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 
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| COS | 
Controlled ovarian stimulation | 
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| CPMP | 
Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products | 
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| CRF | 
Case report form | 
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| CRO | 
Contract research organisation | 
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| CTD | 
Common technical document (ICH) | 
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| CTX | 
Clinical Trial Exemption | 
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| DGPharMed | 
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pharmazeutische Medizin | 
www.dgpharmed.de | 
| ECPM | 
European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine | 
www.ecpm.ch | 
| eCTD | 
Electronic common technical document | 
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| EMA  | 
European Medicinal Agency (formerly: EMEA) | 
www.emea.eu.int | 
| EMWA  | 
European Medical Writers Association | 
www.emwa.org | 
| EUCOR | 
Europäische Conföderation der oberrheinischen Universitäten (Basel, Freiburg, Strasbourg) | 
www.eucor-uni.org | 
| FDA | 
Food and Drug Administration (USA) | 
www.fda.gov | 
| GCP | 
Good clinical practice | 
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| IB | 
Investigator's brochure | 
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| ICH | 
International conference of harmonisation (of technical requirements for registration of pharmaceuticals for human use) | 
www.ich.org | 
| IND | 
Investigational new drug (application) | 
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| ISE | 
Integrated Summary of Efficacy | 
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| ISS | 
Integrated Summary of Safety | 
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| MAA | 
Marketing authorisation application (UK) | 
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| MCA | 
Medicines Control Agency (UK) | 
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| NDA | 
New drug application (US) | 
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| SOP | 
Standard operating procedure | 
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| SwAPP | 
Swiss Association of Pharmaceutical Professionals | 
www.swapp.ch |