Important links
ARTHIQS useful links in general:
European Commission DGs Health and Consumers (DG SANCO):
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/index_en.htm
Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency (Chafea):
http://ec.europa.eu/chafea/index.html
Transplantation and Transfusion : Projects and Actions for saving and improving the quality of life of citizens by facilitating transplantation and blood transfusion in the European Union
http://ec.europa.eu/eahc/documents/health/leaflet/transplantation-transfusion.pdf
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies - Assisted reproduction technologies in Europe http://www.euro.who.int/en/about-us/partners/observatory/euro-observer/assisted-reproduction-technologies-in-europe
European Medicines Agency (EMA)
http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/
WHO - Project NOTIFY (Vigilance and Surveillance)
www.notifylibrary.org/
SOHO V&S (Vigilance and Surveillance of Substances of Human Origin) Project
http://www.sohovs.org/soho/
EUROCET (European Registry for Organs, Tissues and Cells)
http://www.eurocet.org/
Council of Europe : Guide to the quality and safety of tissues and cells for human application
https://www.edqm.eu/en/organ-tissues-cells-transplantation-guides-1607.html
Council of Europe Bioethics on Human Embryo and Foetus http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/healthbioethic/Activities/04_Human_embryo_and_foetus_en/default_en.asp
ARTHIQS more technical links to ART:
CDC – Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)
http://www.cdc.gov/ART/
EUROPEAN COMMISSION DG HEALTH & CONSUMERS
Directorate B - Consumer Affairs, Unit B2 – Health Technology and Cosmetics
Guidelines for conformity assessment of In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and Assisted Reproduction Technologies (ART) products
http://ec.europa.eu/health/medical-devices/files/meddev/2_2_4_ol_en.pdf
Revised glossary of ART terminology (ICMART and WHO, 2009) http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/infertility/art_terminology2/en/
International Committee Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ICMART)
http://www.icmartivf.org/
International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS)
http://www.iffs-reproduction.org/
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE):
www.eshre.eu/
International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
http://www.figo.org/
RAND Technical report: Between politics and clinics -- the many faces of biomedical policy in Europe
Analysis of drivers and outcomes of Assisted Reproductive Technologies policy
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR644.html
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR644z1.html
The diversity of regulation and public financing of IVF in Europe and its impact on utilization
K. Berg Brigham, B. Cadier and K. Chevreul
Human Reproduction, Vol.0, No.0 pp. 1–10, 2012
http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/12/05/humrep.des418.long
Fertility Europe : The association of European organisations and associations involved with fertility issues.
http://www.fertilityeurope.eu/
ARTHIQS more technical links to Haematopoietic Stem Cells :
CDC – Haematopoietic Stem Cells (HSC) :
http://www.cdc.gov/fungal/infections/stem-cell.html
The World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA):
https://www.wmda.info/
European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation:
http://www.ebmt.org/Contents/Pages/Default.aspx
The Joint Accreditation Committee-ISCT & EBMT (JACIE):
http://www.jacie.org/about
Worldwide Network for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (WBMT):
http://www.wbmt.org/fileadmin/pdf/Bylaws/Paris_Meeting_Update.pdf
Eurocord:
http://www.eurocord.org/
Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT):
http://www.factwebsite.org/AboutFACT/
American Association of Blood Banks (AABB ):
http://www.aabb.org/Pages/default.aspx
The European Federation for Immunogenetics (EFI):
http://www.efiweb.eu/
The American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI):
http://www.ashi-hla.org/
The Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR):
http://www.cibmtr.org/About/WhoWeAre/Pages/index.aspx
European School of Haematology (ESH):
http://www.esh.org/
International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT):
http://www.celltherapysociety.org/
WHO documents on safety and quality for HSC:
http://www.transplant-observatory.org/global/