Fundació Institut Català de Farmacologia (FICF)

The Fundació Institut Català de Farmacologia is a WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Pharmacoepidemiology. Since 1983,it develops research in clinical pharmacology and pharmacoepidemiology. It was a founder of the Spanish System of Pharmacovigilancea nd it is the Regional Centre for Catalonia . Research activities are coupled with undergraduate teaching at the Autonomous University of Barcelona Medical School,training of specialists in clinical pharmacology,and continuous education of health professionals on therapeutics. The FICF gives institutional support to the Ethical Research Committee of Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron,the Methods Support Unit for Clinical Research of the Institut de Recerca Vall d’Hebron,the PharmacOtherapeutics Committee of the Hospital Vall d’Hebron,the PharmacOtherapeutics Committee of the Institut Català de la Salut,and Other institutional boards of the national and regional health authority.