Useful Internet links

The below listing provides direct links to important homepages for the pharmaceutical industry.

We hope you will find them useful.

Global BASF Pharma Ingredients & Services Homepage

Homepage

FDA`s Inactive Ingredient Database

Check this page to find more information about typical concentrations for excipients. If you type in the excipient name (e.g. Povidone) a list of concentrations or amounts in registered pharmaceuticals is given.

FDA inactive ingredients search

US drug master files

This site contains lists of Drug Master Files (DMFs) as well as information concerning submission of DMFs.

FDA drug master file homepage

Certification of Suitability to the Monographs of the European Pharmacopoeia: News and General Information

Enter the product you are looking for, e.g. Ibuprofen. You will get a list of all companies, who have a CEP plus number of the CEP. You can also search for all CEPs by BASF.

EDQM certificates catalogue

GMP Navigator

This site contains information both in English, but mainly German, as well as useful quick links to several 'GMP for Pharma' related guidelines.

GMP Navigator links

Active pharmaceutical ingredients information

DrugBank database is a unique bioinformatics and cheminformatics resource that combines detailed drug (i.e. chemical, pharmacological and pharmaceutical) data with comprehensive drug target (i.e. sequence, structure, and pathway) information.

Drugbank

Clinical trials

ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, etc.

Clinical trials

FDA - Orange book

The orange book of the FDA provides information about approved drug products in the US. The list is updated regularly.

Orange book

E Numbers used in the European Union

This wikipedia homepage explains the background of the use of E Numbers throughout Europe and other countries worldwide, as well as their classification. This is mainly relevant for food labeling.

E numbers information

Gelbe Liste Deutschland

This homepage provides information on German drug products which are not prescription (kind of OTC products). The homepage is in German language only, a log-in is required.

Gelbe Liste

Rote Liste Deutschland

This homepage provides information on prescription drug products in Germany (Rx products) including the composition and market prices. The homepage is in German language only, a log-in is required.

Rote Liste

PharmNet Germany

The PharmNet portal provides information on medicinal products from the drug information system of the authorities BfArM (Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices), PEI (Paul-Ehrlich-Institut) and BVL (Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety) in order to improve transparency and safety of medicinal products and to monitor the appropriate therapeutic use of medicinal products. Sections of this information are public and can be accessed for searching.

PharmNet