Pharmacology - Useful websites

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A range of high-quality resources for Pharmacology are available on the web. Please see below for many good suggestions:

The page provides a useful list of websites to different aspects of the Pharmacology. Please note that the list is not extensive. It is a work in progress, which means it will be updated on a regular basis. If you have suggestions for additions, please email: library-sande@qmul.ac.uk.

Drug/medicine information

• DrugBank: Large database of medicines and medicine targets. It is possible to download the database for educational use after a free registration.
• Drugs.com: Publically available information about various medicines. Does also contain a section on British medicines.
• Medicines A-Z: Publically available directory of common medicines from the NHS.
• Medicines Information – SPC & PILS: A collection of patient information leaflet (PIL), which are based on the Summaries of Product Characteristics (SPCs) arranged by active substances.
• RxList: Provides a wealth of drug/medicine information.

Drug interactions

• BindingDB: Gives access to a wealth of information about measured binding affinities.
• IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology: Focuses on ligand-activity-target relationships, and aims to provide a one-stop-shop resource for pharmacology.
• PharmGKB: The Pharmacogenomics Knowledgebase centres around how various human genetic variations responds to drugs.

Bacteriology/Virology

• Phaster: Offers a tool for rapid identification and annotation of prophage sequences within bacterial genomes and plasmids.
• Viralzone: Offers access to information about all viral genus and families, providing general molecular and epidemiological information, along with virion and genome figures. 

Toxicology

• Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry: US Governmental agency offering lots of good information about toxicology including toxic substance guides.
• Society of Toxicology webinars: Free webinars about toxicology and related biomedical topics. There are also other types of free lectures under the tab "education".
• ToxTutor: Freely available tutorial to learn about toxicology.

Drug development and innovation processes

• The Drug Development Process: FDA produced road map.

Ethics

• Good practice in prescribing and managing medicines and devices: Part of the "Ethical guidance for doctors" focusing on drugs and pharmaceuticals.

Legal requirements

• Drugs Licensing: Collection of information around drugs licensing provided by Home Office.
• Legislation - General Pharmaceutical Council: Gives access to the the Pharmacy Order 2010 which makes the General Pharmaceutical Council the statuary regutor of pharmacology in the United Kingdom.
• Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA): Contains full-text access to much regulatory and policy information, including related news from the British government and its agencies.

Patents

Information about patents please go to the Chemistry Patent Page.

Museums, organisations of interest

• London Museums of Health & Medicine: Comprehensive guide to many health related museums in London.
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum: Funded in 1842, the Museum focuses on the history of pharmaceuticals.
• Wellcome Trust: Charitable trust which grew out of pharmaceutical success, and strives for "the advancement of medical and scientific research to improve mankind's wellbeing". They have many ongoing exhibitions and a very well stocked library.

Professional organisations

UK

• The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)
• British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP)
• British Pharmacological Society (BPS)
• Pharmaceutical Society NI (PSNI)
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society

International

• The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
• EBPS - European Behavioural Pharmacology Society
• Institution for Safe Medication Practice [US]
• The International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR)
• Safety Pharmacology Society [US]