Drug Information Association

Drug Information Association
Name	Drug Information Association
Abbreviation	DIA
Formation	1964
Type	Professional association
Headquarters	Indianapolis, Indiana
Region served	Global
Leader title	President and CEO

Drug Information Association

The Drug Information Association serves as an international professional network linking professionals from Food and Drug Administration, European Medicines Agency, World Health Organization, National Institutes of Health, and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America with practitioners from Pfizer, Roche, Novartis, Johnson & Johnson, and GlaxoSmithKline to advance regulatory science and therapeutic development. Founded amid collaborations that touched institutions such as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Stanford University, the association fosters dialogue among stakeholders including representatives of United States Congress, European Commission, United Nations, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Wellcome Trust.

History

Originally formed during meetings involving professionals from Yale University, Columbia University, University of California, San Francisco, University of Pennsylvania, and Duke University School of Medicine, the organization developed relationships with agencies such as Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, Paul Ehrlich Institute, Therapeutic Goods Administration, Health Canada, and Swissmedic. Early symposia featured speakers from Eli Lilly and Company, Merck & Co., AstraZeneca, Bayer, and Sanofi alongside academics from University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Karolinska Institutet, Institut Pasteur, and Max Planck Society. Over decades, the association engaged in collaborative initiatives with European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations, Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium, International Council for Harmonisation, and Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization.

Mission and Activities

The association’s mission aligns experts from American Medical Association, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Heart Association, American Pharmacists Association, and American Society for Microbiology to improve public health through information exchange relating to Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, OECD, G7, and G20 policy dialogues. Activities include guidance development alongside Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, Committee for Advanced Therapies, European Network of Centres for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance, Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences, and International Vaccine Institute. Program areas have intersected with projects at National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, and Broad Institute.

Organizational Structure

Governance has involved leaders from American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, Association of Clinical Research Professionals, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, Society for Clinical Data Management, and International Society for Quality in Health Care. Executive roles have been held by individuals with backgrounds at Eli Lilly and Company, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Roche, and Novartis and board members affiliated with Cambridge University Hospitals, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Karolinska University Hospital, and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Committees coordinate work with International Society for Stem Cell Research, European Society for Medical Oncology, American Association for Cancer Research, Society for Neuroscience, and American Society of Hematology.

Conferences and Educational Programs

Annual and regional conferences draw delegates from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Seoul National University, Peking University, Tsinghua University, and University of Melbourne as well as policy makers from Ministry of Health (Japan), Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan), National Health Service (England), Ministry of Health (Brazil), and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India). Training curricula and workshops have been developed in partnership with Coursera, edX, Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and have featured collaborations with ClinicalTrials.gov, European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network, TransCelerate Biopharma, Project HOPE, and Doctors Without Borders. Topics frequently include collaborations with Biotechnology Innovation Organization, National Cancer Institute, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Drug Enforcement Administration, and European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.

Publications and Resources

The association publishes guidance, white papers, and training materials referencing standards from International Organization for Standardization, International Electrotechnical Commission, Health Level Seven International, CDISC, and ICH Guideline E6. Its resource library cites research appearing in The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, Nature Medicine, and BMJ and cross-references work by authors affiliated with Imperial College London, UCSF Medical Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Salk Institute. The association has coordinated position statements with European Society of Cardiology, American College of Cardiology, American Diabetes Association, International Society for Computational Biology, and Society for Experimental Biology.

Membership and Global Chapters

Membership spans professionals from Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Abbott Laboratories, Siemens Healthineers, and GE Healthcare and includes academics from University of Toronto, McGill University, University of British Columbia, University of Edinburgh, and Trinity College Dublin. Regional chapters and alliances operate across continents with ties to African Union, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Economic Community of West African States, Mercosur, and Gulf Cooperation Council and engage clinicians from Groote Schuur Hospital, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, St Thomas' Hospital, Rigshospitalet, and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

Category:Health care professional associations