Summary: CropLife America's mission is to foster the interests of the general public and CropLife America member companies by promoting innovation and the environmentally sound manufacture, distribution and use of crop protection and production technologies for safe, high-quality, affordable and abundant food, fiber and other crops.
Summary: Bioethics is the study of the ethical, social, legal, philosophical and other related issues arising in health care and in the biological sciences.
ISPE - The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering
3109 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Suite 350 Tampa, Florida United States (USA) 33607 Phone: (813) 960-2105 Fax: (813) 264-2816 Email: mstrickhouser@ispe.org URL: http://www.ispe.org
Summary: ISPE -- The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering -- is the Society of choice for nearly 23,000 pharmaceutical manufacturing professionals in 81 countries. ISPE aims to be the catalyst for “Engineering Pharmaceutical Innovation” by providing Members with opportunities to develop technical knowledge, exchange practical experience, and collaborate with global regulatory agencies. Founded in 1980, ISPE has worldwide headquarters in Tampa, Florida, Brussels, Belgium, and an office in Singapore to serve Asia-Pacific.
Summary: With 25,000 links, Medbioworld is the largest medical reference site, including all medical journals and medical associations, and similar resources in the biologicalsciences. Links include 6,000 medical journals in 80 subspecialties,and the home pages of 4,000 medical associations. Other research tools include medical glossaries, disease databases, clinical
Summary: The National Agricultural Biotechnology Council has been hosting annual public meetings about the safe, ethical, and efficacious development of agricultural biotechnology products since its formation by the Boyce Thompson Institute in collaboration with Cornell University, Iowa State University, and the University of California-Davis in 1988.
PDA
3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 1500 Bethesda, Maryland United States (USA) 20814 Phone: + (301) 656-5900 Fax: + (301) 986-1093 Email: kaminsky@pda.org URL: http://www.pda.org
Summary: PDA is a non-profit international association of more than 10,500 scientists involved in the development, manufacture, quality control and regulation of pharmaceuticals/biopharmaceuticals and related products. The association also provides educational opportunities for government and university sectors that have a vocational interest in pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical sciences and technology.
The mission of PDA is to advance pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical technology internationally by promoting scientifically sound and practical technical information and education for industry and regulatory agencies.
Summary: Stem cell research, genetic testing, cloning: progress in the life sciences is giving human beings new power to improve our health and control the development processes of all living species. Concerns about the social, cultural, legal and ethical implications of such progress have led to one of the most significant debates of the past century. A new word has been coined to encompass these concerns: bioethics.
