TERM

COUNTRY

DEFINITION

483

US

Written observations of deviations from GLP, GCP or GMP regulations found during an FDA inspection

510(k)

US

Pre-market Notification to commercialize class I and class II devices

ANDA

US

Abbreviated New Drug Application

ANDA Suitability Petition

US

Petition to allow submission of an ANDA for a drug that differs from the reference listed drug in certain specified ways

ANDS

Canada

Abbreviated New Drug Submission

CBER

US

Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research

CDC

US

Centers for Disease Control

CDER

US

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

CDRH

US

Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Compassionate Use

US

Permission to treat individual patients with an unapproved drug

CSM

UK

Committee on Safety of Medicines

CTC

UK

Clinical Trial Certificate

CTX

UK

Clinical Trial Exemption

DMF

All[1]

Drug Master File

FDA

US

Food and Drug Administration

GCP

All

Good Clinical Practice Regulations

GLP

All

Good Laboratory Practice Regulations, as described in 21 CFR 58, for the conduct of a non-clinical laboratory study

GMP

All

Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations

HPFB

Canada

Health Products and Food Branch

ICH

All

International Conference on Harmonisation (effort to harmonize regulations affecting the development and approval of drugs in the European Union, Canada, US and Japan)

IDE

US

Investigational Device Exemption

IND

US, Canada

Investigational New Drug Application

MAA

UK

Marketing Authorisation Application

MCA

UK

Medicines Control Agency

Named Patient Use

UK

Permission to treat individual patients with an unapproved drug

NCI

US

National Cancer Institute

NDA

US

New Drug Application

NDA Supplement

US

Supplement to an approved NDA

NDS

Canada

New Drug Submission

NIH

US

National Institutes of Health

OGD

US

Office of Generic Drugs

Orphan Drug

US

Drug intended for use in a rare disease or condition as defined in section 526 of the Orphan Drug Act

PMA

US

Pre-market Authorization for approval of class III devices

SOP

US

Standard Operating Procedure

USAN

US

United States Adopted Names

USP

US

United States Pharmacopeia

 


[1] All includes the US, Canada, and UK

 

 

Margie Nemcik-Cruz: mncruz@pacbell.net