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Minnesota
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MBBNet:
www.mbbnet.umn.edu/
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Minnesota's Virtual Biomedical and Bioscience Community, this site is sponsored by the University of Minnesota. It provides a directory of companies and organizations in the medical products field.
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Life Science Alley : www.lifesciencealley.org |
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LifeScience Alley™, a Minnesota-based trade association serving more than 500 member organizations, provides access to top industry leaders, opportunities to build your business through education and networking, insights into current trends, regulations, research and emerging technologies, and the power of a collective voice at the state and federal levels. Services on their site include memberships, the Medical Alley directory, publications, event schedule, Minnesota Facts, and related links. |
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Minnesota Department of Health:
www.health.state.mn.us
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This state department works to protect, maintain, and improve the health of all Minnesotans. They offer statistics, health by topic, library services, and more.
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U.S. Federal Government
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Best Market Reports:
www.stat-usa.gov
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Part of the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB), these reports detail the best markets for U.S. exporters. Also included on this site are International Market Insight (IMI) reports and Industry Sector Analysis (ISA) reports. *Subscription required (MTO Library has full access)*
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Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH):
www.fda.gov/cdrh/
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Part of the Food and Drug Administration, the CDRH is the first stop for regulatory information. Their home page includes a topic index, recent CDRH federal register notices, contact information, popular items, premarket and postmarket issues, and news updates.
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Department of Commerce:
www.export.gov
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This Department of Commerce service provides basic exporting information, such as documentation, statistics, market research, taxes and tariffs, and further trade-related government links.
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Device Advice:
www.fda.gov/cdrh/devadvice/
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Also maintained by the CDRH, this page is an interactive tool for obtaining medical device information. The site includes topics such as "Is your product regulated?", "Device labeling", "Exporting your device", and much more.
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International Trade Administration (ITA):
www.ita.doc.gov/td/td_home/tdhome.html
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The Trade Development side at the ITA provides industry specific programs and analysts that help U.S. exporters. Choosing the AMedical Equipment@ link leads to trade statistics, industry contacts, calendar of events, regulations for pre-owned devices, and so on.
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Medical Device Regulatory Profiles:
www.ita.doc.gov/td/health/regulations.html
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Part of the ITA site, this page offers regulatory profiles for selected foreign markets, which include import duties and taxes, regulations, standards, agency contacts, and distribution.
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Ministries of Health:
www.fda.gov/oia/agencies.htm
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This site has a list of Ministries of Health, Agriculture, and Fisheries from around the world.
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Product Code Classification Database:
www.fda.gov/cdrh/prodcode.html
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Maintained by CDRH, this searchable database assists with classifying medical devices. Information includes device and regulation number, medical speciality, product code, and device class.
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Medical Trade-Related Organizations
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Advanced Medical Technology Association:
www.advamed.org
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This organization represents manufacturers of medical devices, products, and information systems. Their site offers a news room, regulatory issues, international issues, industry solutions, and more.
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EUCOMED:
www.eucomed.be
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The web site for the European Confederation of Medical Devices Association, this site covers a range of economic, legal, and regulatory information, current issues, full-text of the Medical Device Directive, and more.
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MEDEC (Medical Devices Canada):
www.medec.org/
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This organization provides information about the medical device industry in Canada. The site offers regulatory information, publications, links, and more.
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Medical Device Link:
www.devicelink.com
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This site offers a database of medical device suppliers, medical-related web links, news, bookstore, FAQs, and more.
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Medical Device Resource Center:
www.geocities.com/medicalequipmentdirectory
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A medical device resource for both buyers and sellers, this page provides an excellent set of links to government regulations, organizations, and further references. A special section on the Chinese Medical Equipment Marketplace is included.
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Medical Devices Agency - UK:
www.medical-devices.gov.uk
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From the UK, this site provides information about European Union directives. The site includes regulatory guidance documents, European directives, contacts, Device Bulletin, information on CE Marking, and so on.
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PubMed:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed
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A service of the National Library of Medicine, PubMed is a database that provides access to over 11 million article citations from MEDLINE. PubMed also includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
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RegSource.com:
www.regsource.com
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This online resource provide global regulatory information from agencies throughout the world. The site features a Medical Devices page, worldwide regulatory agencies, search engine, news and information, regulatory forms, and more.
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World Health Organization:
www.who.int
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The WHO site provides various information sources, including a statistical information system, publications, world health reports, and more.
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Medical Search Engines and Indexes
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HON Health on the Net:
www.
www.hon.ch/home.html
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HON, based in Switzerland, this non-profit organization provides a guide to useful and reliable online medical and health information on the Internet for non-medical users and medical practitioners.
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Mednets:
www.mednets.com
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An international site with search engines for every specialty in medicine, it searches only medical databases. Includes extensive links to specialty and national medical associations and journals.
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The Minnesota Trade Office (MTO) and the Department of Employment and Economic Development do not regularly review the content of these linked sites and do not endorse or accept responsibility for information presented in these sites. This is not a comprehensive list of web sites, but ones that the MTO finds useful. Corrections can be e-mailed to
mto@state.mn.us
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