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DRUG INFORMATION

International Register of Drug Information Services

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.

For information regarding the register email Graeme Vernon, Drug Information Pharmacist, Austin Hospital, Melbourne.

Go to INDICES (International Network of Drug Information Centres) and E-Drug email discussion lists.

Argentina | Australia | Austria | Brazil | Canada | China | Czech Republic | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Finland | France | Germany | Ghana | Greece | India | Indonesia | Iran | Ireland | Israel | Italy | Japan | Kenya | Kyrgystan | Lebanon | Lithuania | Malaysia | Moldova | Nepal | Netherlands | New Zealand | Norway | Oman | Pakistan | Peru | Philippines | Portugal | Russia | Saudi Arabia | Singapore | Slovak Republic | South Africa | Spain | Sri Lanka | Sweden | Switzerland | Taiwan | Tanzania | Thailand | Uganda | United Kingdom | United States of America | Vietnam | Zimbabwe


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
Email: cimf@colfarma.org.ar

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
Email: druginfo@austin.org.au
Email: graeme.vernon@austin.org.au

Drug Information Pharmacist: Graeme Vernon

Administration centre for SHPA International Register of Drug Information Services. Contact details for other Australian drug information services available on request.
Austin Health is one of six centres which provide the Therapeutic Advice and Information Service for the National Prescribing Service.

Other Australia drug information services

Last update: February 2005


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
Email: petra.gludovatz@akh-wien.ac.at

Mag. Pharm: Ms Petra Gludovatz

Hospital pharmacy based drug information service.

Last update: January 2002


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
Email: cebrim@cff.org.br
Email: vidotti@cff.org.br
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.

Last update: January 2005


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
Email: webb@dpic.ca

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.

Last update: January 2005

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
Email: dirc@ontpharmacists.on.ca
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.

Last update: January 2005


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
Email: pkylee@ha.org.hk

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
Facsimile: + 420 49 551 2266
Email: lic@faf.cuni.cz (Petra Fialová)
Email: Jiri.Vlcek@faf.cuni.cz (Jiri Vlcek)
Web: www.faf.cuni.cz/lic/sluzby.asp

Director: Petra Fialová
Head, Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy: Jiri Vlcek

Other Czech drug information centres:

  • Statni ustav pro kontrolu leciv, Informacni centrum o lecich, Srobarova 48, Praha 10, 10041 (svi@sukl.cz)
  • Informacni centrum, nemocnicni lekarna, Fakultni nemocnice u sv. Anny, Pekarska 54, 65691.
Last update: May 2007


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
Email: embayea@moh.gov.er

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
Email: daca@telecom.net.et

Information Pharmacist: Mengistu Tadesse

Last update: February 2005


FINLAND

Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio
Pharmacy
Kuopio University Hospital
PL 1777
70211 Kuopio
FINLAND

Telephone: + 358 17 173 502
Facsimile: + 358 17 173 507
Email: raimo.ojala@kuh.fi

Director: Mr Raimo Ojala

Last update: January 2005


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
Email: crim@chu-rennes.fr
Email: michel.le.duff@chu-rennes.fr
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
Email: questions-reponses.simp@eps.ap-hop-paris.fr

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 - bernard.sarrut@eps.ap-hop-paris.fr
Director: Agnese Brouard, Email - agnes.brouard@eps.ap-hop-paris.fr

Last update: January 2004


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
Email: zapp@abda.aponet.de

Director: Dr Martin Schulz
Principal drug information pharmacist: Dr Ralf Goebel

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

Last update: February 2005

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
Email: apotheke@klinikum-karlsruhe.de

Pharmacist: Sylvia Crawford

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

Last update: February 2005

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
Email: RAIZ@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Email: martina.schwald@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Director: Martina Schwald

Last update: September 2005


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: info@ghanadruginfo.org
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
Email: relation@eof.gr

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

National drug organization for Hellas.
Web: www.eof.gr

Last update: January 2001


INDIA

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
Email: dicassam@gmail.com
Email: dic_amc@yahoo.com

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

Last update: February 2007


Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, Bangalore
Shivajinagar
Bangalore

Telephone: + 91 80 2559 1362 (ext 356)
Email: kspcbowringdic@hotmail.com
Email: kspcdic@hotmail.com

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.

Last update: February 2005


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

Last update: February 1998


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
Email: cdmudocu@vsnl.com
Email: cdmudocu@giascl01.vsnl.net.in
Web: www.cdmubengal.org

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

Only drug information centre in Eastern Region of India

Last update: February 2005


Chattisgarh State Pharmacy Council, Raipur
Drug Information Center
Chhattisgarh 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
Email: dicraipur@gmail.com
Email: dicraipur@yahoo.com

DIC In charge: Mr Amber Vyas
Project under Karnataka State Pharmacy Council and WHO India

Last update: September 2008


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
Email: dicgoa@gmail.com

In-charge:
Mr Raj Vaidya, Chief Pharmacist
Ms Pooja Broker, Pharmacist

Project under Karnataka State Pharmacy Council and WHO India

Last update: February 2007


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
Email: dicharyana@gmail.com

In-charge:
Mr Sameer Dhingra, Senior Lecturer
Ms Renu Kadian, Lecturer

Project under Karnataka State Pharmacy Council and WHO India

Last update: February 2007


JIPMER - Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry Drug Information Centre
Department of Pharmacology
JIPMER Hospital
Gorimedu
Pondicherry - 605 006
INDIA

Telephone: + 91 413 2272381 ext 3302
Mobile: + 91 9360532592
Email: adr@jipmer.edu
Email: rpcjipmer@yahoo.com

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
Email: clinpha@airtelbroadband.in

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)
Email: kspcdic@gmail.com
Email: kspcdic@blr.vsnl.net.in

Drug Information Pharmacist: Mr Samson P George
Honorary Consultant: Dr PK Lakshmi (email: sureshlakshmi6@yahoo.com)


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

Last update: September 2008


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
E-mail: anaghapadma@hotmail.com

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.

Last update: February 2005


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
E-mail: dickims_blore@yahoo.co.in

Last update: August 2007


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
Email: dicmspc@yahoo.co.in
Email: sampadapatvardhan@yahoo.co.in
Web: www.mspcindia.org

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

Last update: February 2005


National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali
Medicine Information Centre
Department of Pharmacy Practice
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
Email: medinfo@niper.ac.in
Web: 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 and training for students of pharmacy practice.

Last update: February 2005


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
Email: druginformation@rediff.com
Email: pradyot_biswas@vsnl.net

Pharmacist: PK Biswas
Professor of Pharmacology: (Dr) Krishnangshu Roy

Last update: November 2004


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
Email: dicjaipur@gmail.com
Email: dicjaipur@yahoo.com

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

Project under Karnataka State Pharmacy Council and WHO India

Last update: March 2007


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
Email: dicsrmc@yahoo.co.in

Principal: Dr Vasantha Janardhanan
Lecturer in Pharmacy: Diviya PT
Lecturer in Pharmacy: Rexy J

Last update: January 2005


INDONESIA

Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta
Drug Information Service - Pharmacy Department
Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital
Jl. Kimia Ujung
Jakarta 10320
INDONESIA

Telephone: + 62 21 319 31688
Facsimile: + 62 21 314 3580
Email: farmasi@centrin.net.id
Email: lia23@centrin.net.id (Yulia Trisna/Rina Mutiara)

Pharmacist: Yulia Trisna
Pharmacist: Rina Mutiara - paediatrics

Last update: February 2005


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
E-mail: snikfar@yahoo.com
E-mail: mabdol@hbi.dmr.or.ir

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).

Last update: April 2002


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
Email: nmic@stjames.ie
Email: chughes@stjames.ie

Chief Pharmacist - Medicines Information: Ms Claudine Hughes

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

Last update: February 2005


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
Email: bstahl@clalit.org.il

Director: Bracha Stahl

Last update: February 2005


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
Email: Mother_child@marionegri.it

Director: Maurizio Bonati, MD

Last update: April 2005

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
E-mail: clintox@ospedaliriuniti.bergamo.it

Director: Maria Luisa Farina, MD

24 hour/day poisons and drug information service.
Web: www.ospedaliriuniti.bergamo.it/azienda/Dipartimenti/ Tossicol/index4.htm

Last update: January 2002


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
Email: k-sasaki@japic.or.jp
Web site: www.japic.or.jp

Adviser: Ms Koko Sasaki

Last update: February 2005

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
Email: akaho@pharm.kobegakuin.ac.jp

Associate Professor of Pharmacy: Eiichi Akaho, PhD

Last update: February 2005


KENYA

Gertrude's Garden Children's Hospital, Nairobi
Pharmacy
Gertrude's Garden Children's Hospital
PO Box 42325-00100
Nairobi
KENYA

Telephone: + 254 2 3763 477
Facsimile: + 254 2 3763 281
E-mail: mojoo@gerties.org

Chief Pharmacist: Dr Atieno Ojoo

Last update: August 2002


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
Email: ddp-me@elcat.kg

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.

Last update: February 2005


LEBANON

Hôtel Dieu de France University Hospital, 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
Email: pharhdf@inco.com.lb

Director: Dr Maguy ABOU SELWAN, Dr Rabab RASSI

Last update: April 1999


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
Email: JurgisRamanauskas@VVKT.lt

Head: Prof. Jurgis Ramanaukas

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

Last update: January 2002


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.

Last update: January 2005

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
Email: prn8099@cs.usm.my
Email: sazhar@usm.my

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
Email: epn_nis@yahoo.com
Email: druginfo@dim.moldline.net

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.

Last update: March 2005


NEPAL

Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara
Manipal College of Medical Sciences
Fulbari, Pokhara
NEPAL

Telephone: +977 61 526420
Facsimile: + 977 61 527862
Email: dicmth@fewanet.com.np

In-charge, Drug Information Center: Pranaya Mishra

Affiliated with Drug Information Network of Nepal (DINoN) )

Last update: May 2004

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
Email: diu@healthnet.org.np
Email: druginfo@dda.gov.np
Web: 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).

Last update: April 2007


NETHERLANDS

WINAp Geneesmiddelen, The Hague
WINAp Geneesmiddelen
Postbox 30460
2500 GL The Hague
NETHERLANDS

Telephone: + 31 70 373 7377
Facsimile: + 31 70 361 7637
Email: gic@winap.nl

Head Drug Information: Mrs Rian Lelie - van der Zande

WINAp Geneesmiddelen (WINAp Drugs) is a department of the Scientific Institute Dutch Pharmacists (Wetenschappelijk Instituut Nederlandse Apothekers, WINAp) on behalf of the Dutch pharmacists, members of the Royal Dutch Association for the Advancement of Pharmacy (KNMP).

Last update: January 2002


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
Email: druginfo@cdhb.govt.nz
Web: www.druginformation.co.nz

Chief Drug Information Pharmacist: Pam Buffery

Last update: October 2008

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
Email: JocelynL@healthotago.co.nz

Drug Information Pharmacist: Jocelyn Livesey

Last update: March 2005


NORWAY

RELIS Midt-Norge, Trondheim
St. Olavs hospital
N-7006 Trondheim

Telephone: + 47 73 55 01 60
Facsimile: + 47 73 55 08 15
Email: RELIS@legemidler.no

Director, pharmacist: Marit Buajordet

Last update: March 2005

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
Email: RELIS@unn.no

Director, Pharmacist: Lars Småbrekke

Last update: March 2005

RELIS Sør, Oslo
Rikshospitalet
0027 Oslo
NORWAY

Telephone: + 47 23 07 53 80
Facsimile: + 47 23 07 53 90
Email: RELIS@rikshospitalet.no

Director, pharmacist: Tone Westergren

Last update: March 2005

RELIS Vest, Bergen
Haukeland universitetssykehus
5021 Bergen
NORWAY

Telephone: + 47 55 97 53 60
Facsimile: + 47 55 29 07 18
Email: RELIS@helse-bergen.no

Director, M.D.: Jan Schjøtt

Last update: March 2005

RELIS Øst, Oslo
Ullevål universitetssykehus
0407 Oslo
NORWAY

Telephone: + 47 23 01 64 11
Facsimile: + 47 23 01 64 10
Email: postmaster@relis.ulleval.no

Director, pharmacist, MPH: Kirsten Myhr

Last update: March 2005

Common contacts for all web-related issues:
Email: Webmaster@relis.no
Web: 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
Facsimile: + 968 2441 5706
Email: nibu@squ.edu.om
Email: kassim@squ.edu.om

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.

Last update: March 2005


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
Email: syed.raza@aku.edu
Web: www.aku.edu

Assistant Manager Inpatient: Mr Syed Shamim Raza

Last update: September 2007


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
Email: helpline@thenetwork.org.pk
Email: ayesha@thenetwork.org.pk

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.

Last update: April 2002


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
Email: cenafim@digemid.gob.pe
Email: svasquez@digemid.gob.pe

Jefe del CENFIM: Ms Susana Vasquez Lezcano

Last update: January 2002


THE PHILIPPINES

National Drug Information Center, Manila
Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine
University of the Philippines Manila
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)
Email: ndic@pacific.net.ph
Email: isidrosi@kulog.upm.edu.ph
Web: www.druginfo.ph
Project Leader: Isidro C Sia

Centre is a project of the Philippine National Drug Policy Program

Last update: February 2002


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
Email: MAugusta.Soares@anf.pt
Email: Elisabeth.Somsen@anf.pt

Technical Director: Maria Augusta Soares

Last update: April 2002


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
Email: karpov@spmu.rssi.ru
Web site: http://www.spmu.runnet.ru/spmu/pharm

Head: Oleg I Karpov

Last update: January 2002

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
Email: frmdin@dol.ru

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.

Last update: January 2002


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

Clinical Pharmacist in charge of Drug Information: Mohammad S Alorainy, PharmD
Email: orainym@ngha.med.sa

Serving KFH staff and related sites and clinics throughout Riyadh.

Last update: April 2002

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
Email: druginformationcenter@kfshrc.edu.sa
Email: Nada@kfshrc.edu.sa
Email: Ngebran@kfshrc.edu.sa

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
Email: gpashy@sgh.com.sg
Web: http://dpic.sgh.com.sg

Principal Clinical Pharmacist: Shyamala Narayanaswamy

Last update: March 2005

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
Email: wan_peng_lim@ttsh.com.sg

Senior Drug Information Pharmacist: Lim Wan Peng

Last update: September 2006


SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Comenius University - Drug Information Centre, Bratislava
Liekove Informacne Centrum
Comenius University, Faculty of Medicine
Department of Pharmacology
Sasinkova 4
813 72 Bratislava 1
SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Telephone: +421 2 59357 220 (229)
Facsimile: +421 2 59357 508
E-mail: farmakologia@fmed.uniba.sk

Head of Department: Prof. Kriska

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

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

Last update: March 2002


SOUTH AFRICA

Medicines Information Centre, Cape Town
Medicines Information Centre
Department of Pharmacology
Faculty of Medicine
University of Cape Town
Observatory, 7925
SOUTH AFRICA

Telephone: + 27 21 406 6829
Facsimile: + 27 21 448 0503
Email: micguest@uctgsh1.uct.ac.za

Information Pharmacist: Briony Chisholm

Regional Drug Information Centre for the Western Cape. National telephonic drug query answering service. WHO Collaborating Unit as part of the Department of Pharmacology, University of Cape Town.

Last update: November 2003

Pharmnet Amayeza Information Centre, Johannesburg
P.O. Box 11260
Fairland 2030
SOUTH AFRICA

Telephone: + 27 11 447 2100
Facsimile: + 27 11 447 2150
Email: amayeza@pharmnet.co.za
Web: 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.

Last update: January 2002

Rhodes University, Grahamstown
Drug Information Centre
Faculty of Pharmacy
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, 6140
SOUTH AFRICA

Telephone: + 27 46 603 8396
Facsimile: + 27 46 636 1205
Email: s.srinivas@ru.ac.za

Head of Drug Information: Prof. Sunitha Srinivas

Responds to queries from hospitals in Grahamstown and queries from pharmacy and therapeutic committees at district and province levels.

Last update: February 2005


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
Email: cimo@redfarma.org
Email: emmazardain@redfarma.org

Director: Ms Emma Zardain

Regional drug information centre located in the north of Spain.

Last update: August 2002

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
Email: cimbi@recol.es

Director: Juan del Arco

Regional drug information centre for Bizkaia.

Last update: January 2002

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
Email: bonafont@ns.hugtip.scs.es
Web: 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
Email: aaguilar@sefh.es

Director: Dr Antonio Aguilar

Drug information for Hospital del Aire and Air Forces.

Last update: January 2002


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
Email: info_vig@yahoo.com
Email: rohinifernandopulle@gmail.com

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.

Last update: February 2005


SWEDEN

Apoteket AB, Stockholm
Drug Information Centre
Apoteket AB
S-131 88 STOCKHOLM
SWEDEN

Telephone: + 46 8 454 8145
Facsimile: + 46 8 454 8135
Email: inger.nilsson@apoteket.se

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

Last update: January 2002

ELIS, Lund
Drug Information Centre
University Hospital
S-221 85 Lund
SWEDEN

Telephone: + 46 46 171 920
Facsimile: + 46 46 211 1987
Email: ingrid.sandquist-larsson@apoteket.se

Director: Mrs Ingrid Sandquist Larsson

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

Last update: May 2002

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
Email: lminfo.liv@apoteket.se

Director: Mrs Margareta Ljunggren

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

Last update: February 2002


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
Email: rschlienger@uhbs.ch

Drug Information Specialist: Raymond G Schlienger, PhD

Last update: January 2001

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
Email: rbuxtorf@uhbs.ch

Pharmacist-in-Charge: Regine Buxtorf, PhD

Last update: April 2002


TAIWAN

Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung
Deptment of Pharmacy
Taichung Veterans General Hospital
160 Taichung Kang Road Section III
Taichung, Taiwan 40705
Republic of China

Telephone: + 886 4 359 2539
Facsimile: + 886 4 359 2539
Email: albert@vghtc.gov.tw

Chief Pharmacist: Mr Albert PC Wu

Last update: January 2002


TANZANIA

Tanzania Drug and Toxicology Information Service (TaDATIS), Dar es Salaam
TaDATIS, Pharmacy Board
PO Box 77150
Dar es Salaam
TANZANIA

Telephone: + 255 22 245 0512
Facsimile: + 255 22 245 0512
Email: tadatis@simbanet.net

Pharmacists: Henry Irunde, Mwemezi Ngemera, Winna Shango

Last update: November 2003


THAILAND

Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
Clinical Pharmacy Program
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Chulalongkorn University
Phyathai Road, Patumwan
Bangkok 10330
THAILAND

Telephone: + 66 2 218 8405, 8403
Facsimile: + 66 2 218 8403
Email: knarat@chula.ac.th

Head: Narat Kasettratat

Last update: May 2002


UGANDA

Essential Drugs & Medicines Policy, Kampala
Essential Drugs & Medicines Policy
WHO Country Office, Uganda
Corner of Shimoni/Kintu Roads
P.O. Box 24578
Kampala
UGANDA

Telephone: + 256 41 335500
Facsimile: + 256 41 335519
Email: serutokej@ug.afro.who.int
Email: josephserutoke@yahoo.com

Essential Drugs Advisor: Joseph Serutoke

Last update: September 2005


UNITED KINGDOM

UK Medicines Information
Contact details for UK drug information centres can be found under 'Directory' on the UK Medicines Information (UKMi) Website

UK Regional Centres
Anglia and Oxford
Leeds
London North Thames
London South Thames
Northern Ireland
North West
Northern and Yorkshire - Newcastle
Scotland
South West
Trent
Wales
Wessex
West Midland


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

For contact details of 103 drug information centres in the USA (updated to Feb 2004) see: Koumis T, et al. Directory of pharmacist-operated drug information centers in the United States-2003. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2004; 61 (19): 2033-42.

Center for Complementary and Alternative Pharmacotherapy, Boston
Center for Complementary and Alternative Pharmacotherapy
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
179 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115-5896
USA

Telephone: + 1 617 732 2915
Facsimile: + 1 617 732 2236
E-mail: lana.dvorkin@bos.mcphs.edu
Web: www.mcp.edu/rc/ccap

Acting Director: Lana Dvorkin, PharmD

Last update: September 2004

Hartford Hospital, Conneticut
Drug Information Center
Hartford Hospital
PO Box 5037
Hartford, CT 06102-5037
USA

Telephone: + 1 860 545 2221
Facsimile: + 1 860 545 4371
Email: Mgoldma@harthosp.org
Email: Rquercia@harthosp.org

Director: Robert Quercia
Drug Information Pharmacist: Monica Goldman, RPh

Hartford Hospital is a 764-bed, acute-care community teaching hospital with major specialty and subspecialty services. It is the third largest and one of the busiest hospitals in the Northeast. Some of the more active clinical programs include cardiology, critical care, trauma, infectious disease, pediatrics, oncology, transplantation and cardiovascular surgery. We also have several laborabory sites, animal research and much pharmacy research.

Last update: February 2002


University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Baltimore
University of Maryland Drug Information Service (UMDI)
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
20 North Pine Street; Suite 760
Baltimore, MD 21201
USA

Telephone: + 1 410 706 7568
Facsimile: + 1 410 706 0754
Email: umdi@rx.umaryland.edu
Email: dmays@rx.umaryland.edu

Director: David A. Mays, PharmD, MBA, BCPS

The UMDI is one of the first USA based Drug Information Services to be available/accessible on the WWW. It was the first service of its kind to actually accept questions from users of the internet via electronic form.

The service acts as post-graduate training site for PharmD graduates who desire to specialize in Drug Information Practice. The UMDI is one-third of the School of Pharmacy's Informational Services department which also contains the Office of Substance Abuse Studies and The Maryland Poison Center.

Ongoing collaborative efforts with outside organizations make it possible for the UMDI to maintain a 'free' service to all patrons.

The UMDI is also involved in all aspects of formulary management at the University of Maryland Medical System, which houses the area's regional trauma center, pediatric hospital, tertiary care facility, and a major cancer center.

Web: www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/UMDI/

Last update: January 2002

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 1791
Email: thussey@unch.unc.edu (Tina Hussey)
Email: moertel@unch.unc.edu (Maryann Oertel)

Director: Tina Hussey, PharmD

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

Last update: February 2002

University of Texas, San Antonio
Drug Information Service - Department of Pharmacology
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Mail Code 7766
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78284-7766
USA

Telephone: + 1 210 567 4281
Facsimile: + 1 210 567 4305
Email: knodel@uthscsa.edu

Director: Dr Leroy C Knodel

Last update: January 2002


VIETNAM

Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi
Pharmacy Department
Bach Mai Hospital
78 Giai Phong Street
Hanoi
VIETNAM

Email: ngath@hn.vnn.vn

Drug Information Pharmacist: Can Tuyet Nga
Head of Drug Information: Tran Nhan Thang

Last update: July 2006

Hanoi French Hospital
Pharmacy Department
Hanoi French Hospital
No.1 Phuong Mai Street
Dong Da, Hanoi
VIETNAM

Telephone: + 84 4 5 740 740
Facsimile: + 84 4 5 764 443
Email: thanhnguyenhn@hn.vnn.vn
Email: thanhnguyenhn@yahoo.com

Pharmacist: Nguyen Ngoc Thanh

Last update: January 2002

University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City
Drug Information Center
Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacy Department
School of Pharmacy
University of Medicine and Pharmacy at HCMC
41 Dinh Tien Hoang Street
District 1
Ho Chi Minh City
VIETNAM

Telephone: + 84 8 910 1202
Telephone: + 84 8 829 5641 ext 225
Facsimile: + 84 8 822 5435
Email: vophungnguyen@yds.edu.vn
Email: nguyenvophung@yahoo.com
Web: thongtinthuoc.com

Lecturer: Vo Phung Nguyen

Last update: July 2006


ZIMBABWE

University of Zimbabwe, Harare
Drug and Toxicology Information Service
PO Box A178
Avondale, Harare
ZIMBABWE

Telephone: + 263 4 790 233
Facsimile: + 263 4 790 233
Facsimile: + 263 4 307 148
Email: datis@healthnet.zw
Email: dtagwireyi@healthnet.zw

Director: Chiedza Maponga
Pharmacist: Dexter Tagwireyi

Last update: November 2003


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