Glossary From Ant to Zebra

A

  • AAHA
    • Asian Animal Health Association (South East Asia)
  • AB
    • Antibiotic
  • ABPI
    • Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (UK)
  • ACINF
    • Advisory Committee on Irradiated and Novel Foods
  • ACS
    • American Chemical Society
  • ADI
    • Acceptable Daily Intake
  • ADR
    • Adverse Drug Reaction
  • AEM
    • Agencia Española de Medicamentos – Spanish Agency of Medicinal Products (E)
  • AESGP
    • Association Européenne des Spécialités Pharmaceutiques Grand Public/Association of the European Self-Medication Industry
  • AFIA
    • American Feed Industry Association
  • AFSSA
    • Agence Française de Securité Sanitaire des Aliments – (French Agency for Food Safety) (F)
  • AGCARM
    • Association for Animal Health and Crop Protection (New Zealand)
  • AGIM/AVGI
    • Association Générale de l’Industrie du Médicament – Algemene Vereniging van de Geneesmiddelenindustrie (B) (now “pharma.be”)
  • AHDA
    • Animal Health Distributors Association (UK)
  • AHG
    • Ad Hoc Group
  • AHI
    • Animal Health Institute (USA)
  • AISA
    • Associazione Nazionale Industria Salute Animale (I)
  • AI
    • Avian Influenza
  • AITF
    • Avian Influenza Task Force (IFAH)
  • AIWP
    • Anti-infectives Working Party (IFAH-Europe)
  • AMCHAM
    • American Chamber of Commerce
  • AMFEP
    • Association of Manufacturers of Enzyme Products
  • ANMV
    • Agence Nationale du Médicament Vétérinaire (F)
  • APEC
    • Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
  • APHA
    • Animal & Plant Health Association (IRL)
  • APHIS
    • Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USA)
  • API
    • Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient
  • APIC
    • Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Committee
  • APIFARMA
    • Associaçao Portuguesa da Industria Farmaceutica (PT)
  • ASOHI
    • Indonesian Veterinary Drugs Association
  • ASSINSEL
    • International Association of Plant Breeders
  • AVC
    • Associations des Vétérinaires Consultants/Association of Veterinary Consultants
  • AVEC
    • Association of Poultry Processors and Poultry Import and Export Trade in the European Union

B

  • BEUC
    • European Bureau of Consumer Unions
  • BfT
    • Bundesverband für Tiergesundheit (D)
  • BgVV
    • Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucheschintz und Veterinärmedizin (now BVL)
  • BIA
    • BioIndustry Association
  • BIO
    • Biological
  • BMA
    • British Medical Association (UK)
  • BPG
    • Best Practice Guide
  • BPMF
    • British Poultry Meat Federation (UK)
  • BSA
    • Brand-specific approval
  • BSE
    • Bovine Spongiform Ecephalopathy
  • BVA
    • British Veterinary Association (UK)
  • BWP
    • Biological Working Party (IFAH-Europe)

C

  • CA
    • Competent Authority
  • CAC
    • Codex Alimentarius Commission
  • CADREAC
    • Collaboration Agreement of Drug Regulatory Authorities in EU Associated Countries (10 countries)
  • CAHI
    • Canadian Animal Health Institute
  • CAP
    • Common Agriculture Policy
  • CAPROVE
    • Camara Argentina de la Industria de Productos Veterinarios
  • CAT
    • COMISA Antibiotic Team
  • CAVEMID
    • Cyprus Veterinary Medicines Importers and Distributors Association
  • CCEURO
    • Codex Regional Co-ordinating Committee for Europe
  • CCFAC
    • Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants
  • CCFH
    • Codex Committee on Food Hygiene
  • CCFL
    • Codex Committee on Food Labelling
  • CCGP
    • Codex Committee on General Principles
  • CCPR
    • Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues
  • CCRVDF
    • Codex Committee on Veterinary Drug Residues in Food
  • CEEC
    • Central Eastern European Countries
  • CEESA
    • Centre Européen d’Etudes pour la Santé Animale – European Animal Health Study Centre
  • CEFIC
    • European Council of Chemical Manufacturers’ Association
  • CEN
    • European Committee for Standardisation
  • CEO
    • Chief Executive Officer
  • CEPS
    • Centre for European Policy Studies
  • CFR
    • Code of Federal Regulations (USA)
  • CIA
    • Chemical Industries’ Association (UK)
  • CIAA
    • Confédération des Industries Agro-alimentaires de l’UE – Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the EU
  • CMD(v)
    • Coordination Group Mutual Recognition and Decentralised Procedure – (veterinary)
  • CMS
    • Concerned Member State
  • CNA
    • Committee of National Associations (IFAH-Europe)
  • CNEVA
    • Centre Nationale d’Etudes Vétérinaires et Alimentaires (F)
  • COGECA
    • General Committee for Agriculture Cooperation in the European Union
  • COLIPA
    • The European Cosmetic Toiletry and Perfumery Association
  • COMISA
    • Confédération Mondiale de l’Industrie de la Santé Animale – World Federation of the Animal Health Industry (now IFAH)
  • COMCOM
    • Communications Committee (IFAH-Europe)
  • COMP
    • Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products
  • COPA
    • Committee of Agricultural Organisations in the European Union
  • COREPER
    • Committee of EU Permanent Representatives
  • CP
    • Centralised Procedure
  • CHMP
    • Committee for Human Medicinal Products (EMEA)
  • CTD
    • Common Technical Document
  • CVMP
    • EMEA Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products
  • CVO
    • Chief Veterinary Officer
  • CWP
    • Codex Working Party (IFAH)

D

  • DG
    • Directorate General (eg. DG Enterprise, DG Research ) of the European Commission
  • DG SANCO
    • European Commission Directorate General for Public Health and Consumer Affairs
  • DMF
    • Drug Master File
  • DNA
    • Deoxyribonucleic Acid

E

  • EAAP
    • European Association for Animal Production
  • EARSS
    • European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System
  • EASSA
    • CEESA European Antimicrobial Susceptibility Surveillance in Animals Group
  • EAVPT
    • European Association of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • EC
    • European Commission
  • ECJ
    • European Court of Justice
  • ECOSOC
    • EU Economic and Social Committee
  • ECPA
    • European Crop Protection Association
  • ECPI
    • European Centre for Pharmaceutical Information
  • ECVAM
    • European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods
  • EDMA
    • European Diagnostics Manufacturers’ Association
  • EDQM
    • European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines
  • EEA
    • European Environment Agency
  • EEB
    • European Environment Bureau
  • EFB
    • European Federation of Biotechnology
  • EFIC
    • European Food Information Council
  • EFLA
    • European Food Law Association
  • EFMA
    • European Fertilizer Manufacturers Association
  • EFPIA
    • European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
  • EFSA
    • European Food Safety Authority
  • EFTA
    • European Free Trade Association
  • EGA
    • European Generics Association
  • EGGVP
    • European Group for Generic Veterinary Products
  • EIA
    • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • EISA
    • European Initiative for Sustainable Development in Agriculture
  • EMACOLEX
    • European Medicines Agencies Co-operation on Legal and Legislative Issues
  • EMEA
    • European Medicines Agency
  • EPA
    • Environment Protection Act
  • EPAA
    • European Partnership for Alternative approaches to Animal testing
  • EPAR
    • European Public Assessment Report
  • EP
    • European Parliament // European Pharmacopoeia
  • EPC
    • European Policy Centre
  • EPRUMA
    • European Platform for the Responsible Use of Medicines in Animals
  • ERA
    • Environmental Risk Assessment
  • ERAWP
    • Environmental Risk Assessment Working Party (EMEA)
  • ESA
    • European Seeds Association
  • ESAE
    • European Society of Association Executives
  • ESS
    • European Surveillance Strategy
  • ETOMEP
    • European Technical Office for Medicinal Products
  • ETPGAH
    • European Technology Platform for Global Animal Health
  • EU
    • European Union
  • EUDRANET
    • European Union Drug Regulatory Authority Network
  • EUROPABIO
    • The European Association for Bioindustries
  • EUDRATRACK
    • European Union Tracking System for Marketing Authorisation Procedures Via Mutual Recognition
  • EV
    • EudraVigilance
  • EWP-V
    • Efficacy Working Party veterinary (EMEA)

F

  • FAC
    • Food Advisory Committee
  • FAIP
    • Farm Animal Industrial Platform (NL)
  • FAO
    • Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
  • FAQs
    • Frequently Asked Questions
  • FDA
    • Food and Drug Administration (USA)
  • FEBC
    • Forum for European Bioindustry Coordination
  • FEDESA
    • European Federation of Animal Health (now IFAH-Europe)
  • FEFAC
    • Fédération Européenne des Fabricants d’Aliments Composés – European Feed Manufacturers Federation
  • FEFANA
    • European Federation of the Animal Feed Additive Manufacturers
  • FIDIN
    • Vereniging van Fabrikanten en Importeurs van Diergeneesmiddelen In Nederland
  • FVE
    • Federation of Veterinarians of Europe

G

  • GACT
    • Global Antimicrobial Core Team (IFAH)
  • GATT
    • General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GCP
    • General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GCPF
    • Global Crop Protection Federation
  • GIBIP
    • Green Industry Biotechnology Platform
  • GL
    • Guideline
  • GLP
    • Good Laboratory Practice
  • GMO
    • Genetically Modified Organism
  • GMP
    • Good Manufacturing Practice
  • GPUE
    • Groupement Pharmaceutique de l’Union européenne – Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union
  • GRCT
    • Global Regulatory Core Team (IFAH)
  • GRIMV
    • General Requirements for Inactivated Mammalian Vaccines
  • GRMLV
    • General Requirements for Mammalian Live Vaccines
  • GTT
    • IFAH Global Traceability Team (IFAH)
  • GVPPG
    • Good Veterinary Pharmacovigilance Practice Guide

H

  • HAN
    • Heidelberg Appeal Netherlands
  • HAVEPHARM
    • Hellenic Association of Distributors Importers and Manufacturers of Veterinary Pharmaceuticals (GR)
  • HEVRA
    • Heads of European Veterinary Regulatory Authorities (now HMA)
  • HMA
    • Heads of Medicines Agencies

I

  • IABS
    • International Association of Biological Standardisation
  • IACFO
    • International Association of Consumer Food Organisations
  • ICA
    • International Co-operative Alliance
  • ICC
    • International Chamber of Commerce
  • ICH
    • International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use
  • IFA
    • International Seed Trade Federation
  • IFAP
    • International Federation of Agricultural Producers
  • IFIC
    • International Food Information Council
  • IFPMA
    • International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations
  • IFWP
    • In-Feed Working Party (IFAH-Europe)
  • IGC
    • Inter-Governmental Conference
  • IMS
    • International Meat Secretariat
  • INFARMED
    • Instituto Nacional da Farmacia e do Medicamento (P)
  • INFARVET
    • CANIFARMA … (Mexico)
  • ITCVMP
    • International Technical Consultation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (early called: ITCVDR)
  • IVMP
    • Immunological Veterinary Medicinal Product
  • IWP
    • Immunological Working Party (EMEA)

K

  • KAHPA
    • Korea Animal Health Product Association

L

  • LIF
    • Läkemedelsindustriföreningen – The Swedish Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry (S)

M

  • MA
    • Marketing Authorisation
  • MAH
    • Marketing Authorisation Holder
  • MAA
    • Marketing Authorisation Application
  • MAFF
    • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (UK)
  • MAGYOSZ
    • Magyarorszagi Gyogyszergyartok Orszagos Szövetsége – Hungarian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (HU)
  • MAVIS
    • Medicines Act Veterinary Information Service (UK)
  • MCA
    • Medicines Control Agency (UK)
  • MEP
    • Member of the European Parliament
  • MIC
    • Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
  • MRA
    • Mutual Recognition Agreement
  • MRL
    • Maximum Residue Limit
  • MRP
    • Mutual Recognition Procedure
  • MS
    • Member State

N

  • NEFATO
    • Vereiniging van Nederlandse Fabrikanten van Voedertoevoegingen – Animal Feed Additive Manufacturers (NL)
  • NGO
    • Non-Governmental Organisation
  • NIBSC
    • National Institute for Biological Standards and Control
  • NOAH
    • National Office of Animal Health (UK)
  • NA
    • Notice to Applicants

O

  • OBPR
    • Official Batch Protocol Review
  • OCABR
    • Official Control Authority Batch Release
  • OECD
    • The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OIE
    • Office International des Epizooties – The World Organisation for Animal Health
  • OJ
    • Official Journal of the European Communities
  • OMCL
    • Official Medicines Control Laboratory (under European Pharmacopoeia)
  • OTC
    • Over the counter

P

  • PEC
    • Predicted Environmental Concentration
  • PEI
    • Paul Ehrlich Institut (D)
  • PERF
    • Pan European Regulatory Forum on Pharmaceuticals
  • PIC/S
    • Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention Scheme
  • PHRMA
    • Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
  • PHV
    • Pharmacovigilance
  • PHVWP-V -
    • Pharmacovigilance Working Party – Veterinary (EMEA)
  • POLPROWET
    • Polskie Stowarzyszenie Zagranicznych Producentów i Importerów Leków Weterynaryjnych (Polish Association of Veterinary Drug Producers and Importers) (PL) POM – Prescription-only medicine
  • POM
    • Prescription-only medicine
  • PSU PSUR
    • Periodic Safety Update/Periodic Safety Update Report
  • PV
    • Pharmacovigilance

Q

  • QA
    • Quality Assurance
  • QC
    • Quality Control
  • QP
    • Qualified Person
  • QRD
    • Working group on the Quality Review of Documents (EMEA)
  • QWP
    • Quality Working Party (EMEA)

R

  • RAM
    • Routine Analytical Method
  • RIVM
    • National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection (NL)
  • RMS
    • Reference Member State
  • RUMA
    • Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance (UK)
  • R&D
    • Research & Development

S

  • SAAHA
    • South African Animal Health Association
  • SAGAM
    • Scientific Advice Group on AntiMicrobials (EMEA)
  • SAR
    • Suspected Adverse Reaction
  • SAWP-V
    • Scientific Advice Working Party – Veterinary (EMEA)
  • SC
    • Steering Committee
  • SCAN
    • European Commission Committee for Animal Nutrition
  • SCVPH
    • European Commission Scientific Committee of Veterinary measures relating to Public Health
  • SEAP
    • Society of European Affairs Professionals
  • SGCI/SSIC
    • Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Chemische Industrie – Société Suisse des Industries Chimiques (CH)
  • SIMV
    • Syndicat de l’Industrie du Médicament Vétérinaire et Réactif (F)
  • SINDAN
    • Sindicato Nacional da Industria de Produtos para Saude Animal (Brasil)
  • SME
    • Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
  • SmPC
    • Summary of Product Characteristics
  • SPC
    • Supplementary Protection Certificate
  • SPMA
    • Working Group for Animal Health (Slovenia)
  • SPSAg
    • Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement
  • SRA
    • ETPGAH Strategic Research Agenda
  • SSC
    • European Commission Scientific Steering Committee
  • SWP-V
    • Safety Working Party – Veterinary (EMEA)

T

  • TABD
    • Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue
  • TACD
    • Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue
  • TAIEX
    • Technical Assistance Information Exchange Office
  • TAS
    • Target Animal Safety
  • TAST
    • Target Animal Safety Testing
  • TGD
    • Technical Guidance Document
  • TIG
    • Telematics Implementation Group (EMEA)
  • TRC
    • Technical and Regulatory Committee (IFAH-Europe)
  • TSE
    • Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy

U

  • UEVP
    • Union of European Veterinary Practitioners
  • UN
    • United Nations
  • USDA
    • United States Department of Agriculture

V

  • VEDDRA
    • List of clinical terms/terminology for suspected adverse reactions to veterinary medicines in animals
  • VETERINDUSTRIA
    • Asociación Empresarial de la Industria Zoosanitaria – Spanish Association of Animal Health Industry (E)
  • VGCP
    • Veterinary Good Clinical Practice
  • VICH
    • International Cooperation on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Veterinary Medicinal Products
  • VIF
    • Veterinaermedicinsk Industriforening (DK)
  • VISAD
    • Veteriner Itaclari Bivolojik Maddeler ve Yem Katkilari Sanayici Ithalatçi ve Temsilcileri Dernegi -(TUR)
  • VMD
    • Veterinary Medicines Directorate (UK)
  • VMP
    • Veterinary Medicinal Product
  • VMRFG
    • Veterinary Mutual Recognition Facilitation Group (now CMD(v))

W

  • WAH/SPMA
    • Worling Group Animal Health of the Slovenian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (SL)
  • WHO
    • World Health Organisation
  • WG
    • Working Group WP – Working Party
  • WTO
    • World Trade Organisation
  • WVA
    • World Veterinary Association