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• State Pharmacological Center, Ukraine
• Shaikh BaHamdan Research Chair for Evidence-Based Health Care and Knowledge Translation, Saudi Arabia

State Pharmacological Center, Ukraine

Public Enterprise “State Pharmacological Center” of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine is an institution authorized by Ministry of Health to exercise administrative and economical regulation and control of the registration of medicinal products.

Key functions of the center:

• Expert evaluation of materials related to development, production (manufacture), pre-clinical study of medicinal products, clinical trials, regulatory and analytical support.
• Scientific expert evaluation of materials pertinent to development, pre-clinical study of medicinal products aimed at their recommendation for clinical trials, evaluation of materials pertinent to active substances, excipients used in the manufacture of medicinal products and giving recommendations to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine concerning the possibility of their use and registration.
• Arrangements for specifying laboratories and settings involved by the State Pharmacological Center to its activity pertinent to pre-clinical  and clinical trials, quality assurance, validation of methods for quality testing of medicinal products and their production.
• Scientific substantiation of the priority developments of new medicinal products and prognosis for their need by Ukraine's population.
• Study of the international experience regarding registration and expert evaluation of materials pertinent to medicinal products.
• Development of documents in the field of standardization of medical services, including guidelines, standards, and clinical protocols, concerning the rational pharmacotherapy, and quality indicators of medical care.
• Provision of the development of the State Medicines Formulary and implementation of the Formulary system.
• Provision of the information for the rational use of medicinal products in the health care system.

http://www.pharma-center.kiev.ua/

Shaikh BaHamdan Research Chair for Evidence-Based Health Care and Knowledge Translation (EBHC-KT), Saudi Arabia

Shaikh BaHamdan Research Chair for Evidence-Based Health Care and Knowledge Translation (EBHC-KT) is part of King Saud University program to promote research at national, regional and international level. The Chair was established in June 2008 to foster the culture of evidence-based healthcare and work towards bridging the gap between evidence and clinical practice through conducting research and establishing bridges of communications with healthcare professionals, the academic organizations, the policy makers and the community at large. It is meant to be a neutral, reliable source, and its activities and the quality of its results will enhance the performance of the health system and make EBHC a reality through creative initiatives, new mechanisms, research, education, networking, coordination, integration and exchange of reviews, information and experiences. This would be fulfilled through:

1. Conducting EBHC-KT related research including primary studies, trials and systematic reviews.
2. Developing the EBHC culture by organizing training courses for all sectors of healthcare providers and healthcare policy makers.
3. Work towards introducing EBHC to under/post graduate curricula of medical colleges and allied medical sciences colleges.
4. Promoting the use of evidence- based clinical practice guidelines (EB-CPGs) and facilitating the development/ adaptation of (EB-CPGs) through training and support of healthcare professionals in clinical settings.
5. Playing a central role in establishing and updating the standards of EBHC,  sharing in performance assessment and quality assurance and ensuring access to international professional and public databases which provide evidence for decision making for healthcare professionals with a kingdom-wide access.
6. Promoting the principle of partnership between patients and healthcare providers by provision of tools such as evidence-based Arabic databases to enable patients to take decision in their treatment.
7. Coordinating, fostering, and facilitating the exchange of scientific concepts and professional opinion (networking) in EBHC-KT among the institutions and centers inside and outside the country.

For more information:

Website: http//ebhc-kt.ksu.ed.sa E-mail: ebhc-kt@ksu.ed.sa