Parenteral Drug Association
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The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) is an international non-profit
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...

 industry trade group
Industry trade group
A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association or sector association, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry...

 for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical
Biopharmaceutical
Biopharmaceuticals are medical drugs produced using biotechnology. They include proteins , nucleic acids and living microorganisms like virus and bacteria where the virulence of viruses and bacteria is reduced by the process of attenuation, they can be used for therapeutic or in vivo diagnostic...

manufacturers.

Founded in 1946 as the Parenteral Drug Association by a small group of pharmaceutical manufacturers who recognized the need for an organization to disseminate technical information within the industry, it now has more than 11,000 members worldwide. Today, coordinated through its headquarters and its Training & Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, PDA volunteers worldwide promote the exchange of rapidly evolving information on the latest technology and regulations concerning high-quality pharmaceutical production.

Global Organization

PDA has members in 74 countries:

Africa

Botswana, Egypt, Ghana, South Africa, Tunisia, Zimbabwe

Asia

Bangladesh, China, India, Pakistan

Caribbean, Central, & South America

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Paraguay
Peru, Uruguay

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Ukraine, United Kingdom

Middle East

Cyprus, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United
Arab Emirates

North America

Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States

Pacific-Rim

Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan,
Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea,
Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
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