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Abbreviations
for techniques, compounds, and concepts have long been used in the scientific
literature. Whereas this practice may have advantages for communication among
scientists working in the same field as the user, it can contribute
substantially to difficulties in communication between scientists working in
different fields, as well as in teaching and abstracting. The proliferation of
abbreviations composed of sequences of initial letters selected from the words,
or from syllables, of frequently used terms has undesirable consequences and is
therefore of concern to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
(IUPAC).
https://iupac.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ICTNS-Use-of-abbreviations-in-the-chemical-literature.pdf
Is ACS
American Chemical Society or American Cancer Society? Is CRO Clinical
Research Organization or Contract Research Organization? Best to spell out
all abbreviations at first use [although well established abbreviations,
such as DNA or RNA are exceptions.)
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discovery & development term index
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Finding guide to terms in these glossaries. This is a work in progress.
ADME:
Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion ANN:
Artificial Neural Networks
AWS: Amazon Web
Services
BioPax: Biological Pathways Exchange.
A collaborative effort to
create a data exchange format for biological pathway data. http://www.biopax.org/
BISTI:
Biomedical Information Science & Technology Initiative
https://bisti.nih.gov/Pages/Home.aspx
CAMD: Computer
Aided Molecular Design
CAMD:
Computer-Assisted Molecular Design
CAR: Chimeric
Antigen Receptors
CAMM:
Computer-Assisted Molecular Modeling
CBER:
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research FDA
CDER:
Center
for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA
CDRH:
Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA
CDS: Cellular
Dielectric Spectroscopy
CFR:
Code of Federal Regulations. Title 21 covers Food and Drugs
CFSAN:
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
cGMP:
current Good Manufacturing Practice
CLIA:
Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendments
CNPs:
Copy
Number Polymorphisms
CoMFA:
Comparative Molecular Field Analysis
CRA:
Clinical Research Associate
CRC
Clinical Research Coordinator CRISPR:
(Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short
Palindromic Repeats)/Cas9
DAG: Directed
Acyclic Graph
DLS:
Dynamic Light Scattering EA:
Evolutionary Algorithm
EBI:
European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK. An EMBL
outstation. http://www.ebi.ac.uk/
eCTD:
Electronic Common Technical Document
http://www.fda.gov/cder/regulatory/ersr/ectd.htm
EMA:
European Medicines Agency was EMEA: European Medicines Evaluation Agency
EFPIA: European Federation
of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations eSNPs:
expression SNPs FAIR data: Findable
Accessible Interoperable Reusable
FD: Factorial
Design
FDA
Food
and Drug Administration
FDAMA:
Food
and Drug Modernization Act of 1997
FLOP: Floating
point operations per second GA:
Genetic Algorithms
GCP:
Good Clinical Practice
GLP:
Good Laboratory Practice
GMP:
Good
Manufacturing Practice
GO: Gene
Ontology
GWAS: Genome
Wide Association Sequencing
GxP: GLP, GMP,
GCP
HCV:
Hepatitis
C
HIPAA:
Health Insurance
Portability and Accounting Act,
Health & Human
Services, US
I2B2:
Informatics for Integrating Biology & the Bedside
ICH:
International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for
Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use
IDE:
Investigational Device Exemption
InChI:
International Chemical Identifier
IND: Investigational New Drug Application
IO: Immuno-Oncology
IRB:
Institutional Review Board
IUPAC: International
Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry
IVDMIA:
in Vitro Diagnostic Multivariate Index Assays
IVR: Immersive Virtual Reality
J&J,
jnj:
Johnson & Johnson http://www.jnj.com/
Many companies come under the Johnson & Johnson name.
KOLs:
Key Opinion Leaders
LSID: Life
Sciences Identifiers
MDUFA:
Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act
MedDRA:
Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities MIAME: Minimum Information About a Microarray Experiment
http://fged.org/projects/miame/
MOA:
Mechanism of Action
NCBI: National
Center for Biotechnology Information
NCBO:
National Center for Biomedical Ontology
NCE:
New Chemical Entity
NCTR:
National Center for Toxicological Research, FDA
NDA:
New Drug Application
NGS: Next
Generation Sequencing
NHGRI: National
Human Genome Research Institute
NME:
New Molecular Entity
OASIS:
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Systems
OBO Foundry: Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology
OPEN-BIO: Open
Bioinformatics Foundation
OTC:
Over the Counter drugs
OWG:
Ontology Working Group
PCR: Polymerase
Chain Reaction
PDMA:
Pharmaceuticals and Medical
Devices Agency, Japan PDUFA: Prescription Drug User
Fee Act
https://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/UserFees/PrescriptionDrugUserFee/ Pgx: may
be pharmacogenomics or pharmacogenetics.
PhRMA:
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
PMA:
PreMarket Approval
PSUR:
Periodic Safety Update Report
QSAR:
Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships
REMS: Risk
Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy
RNAi : RNA
interference
SAR: Structure
Activity Relationship
SIMCA: (SIMple
Classification Analysis or Soft Independent Modeling of Class Analogy)
SKOS: Simple
Knowledge Organization System
SVM: Support
Vector Machine WHO: World Health
Organization, one of the ICH Observers
Abbreviations & Acronyms Resources
Evolving Terminology for Emerging Technologies
Comments? Questions?
Revisions?
Mary Chitty MSLS
mchitty@healthtech.com
Last revised
July 09, 2019
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ANOVA:
Analysis of Variance
BMS: Bristol Myers Squibb
CRI:
Clinical Research Investigator
GP: Genetic
Programming
GSK:
GlaxoSmithKline
http://www.gsk.com/
MHRA: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, UK
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency
MoA: Mode of Action
NLP:
Natural Language Processing
NN: Neural Networks
PANDRH: Pan
American Network on Drug Regulatory Harmonization
RDF:
Resource Description Framework
SPC:
Structure-Property Correlation
TME: Tumor
MicroEnvironment
XML: eXtensible
Markup Language
CDISC, Acronym, Abbreviations and Initials, 2010 http://www.cdisc.org/stuff/contentmgr/files/0/08a36984bc61034baed3b019f3a87139/misc/act1210_049_058_acronyms.pdf
FDA Acronyms & Abbreviations http://www.fda.gov/aboutfda/fdaacronymsabbreviations/default.htm
IUPAC, Abbreviations and acronyms used in the
Toxicology Literature
https://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/iupacglossary/annex1.html
IUPAC, Abbreviations and acronyms of names of International Bodies http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/iupacglossary/annex2.html
NIH Institutes, Centers & Offices
https://www.nih.gov/institutes-nih/list-nih-institutes-centers-offices
NIH, Office of Extramural Research, Grants and Funding Glossary & Acronyms
2013 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/glossary.htm
NIH Acronym list, 2014 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/acronym_list.htm
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