Pharmaceutical Abbreviation

1. APA: Aseptic Process Areas
2. APR: Annual Product Review
3. AQL: Acceptable Quality Level
4. BLA: Biological License Application
5. BMR: Batch Manufacturing Record
6. CRM: Customer Relationship Management
7. DPI: Dry Powder Inhaler
8. DTL: Drug Testing Laboratory
9. DVM: Digital Volt Meter
10. ECSs: Environmental Control Systems
11. EM: Electron Microscope
12. EOP: End of Production
13. FSC: Free Sales Certificate
14. GC: Gas Chromatography
15. GLP: Good Laboratory Practice
16. IP: Indicative Price
17. IUPAC: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
18. LAF: Laminar Air Flow
19. LC: Liquid Chromatography
20. MRP: Material Requirements Planning
21. MS: Mass Spectroscopy
22. MVP: Master Validation Plan
23. MSDS: Material Safety Data Sheet
24. NMR: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
25. QMS: Quality Management System
26. OSD: Oral Solid Dosage
27. PCR: Polymerase Chain Reaction
28. QRM: Quick Response Manufacturing
29. R & D: Research and Development
30. RO: Reverse Osmosis
31. RS: Reference Standard
32. RH: Relative Humidity
33. UF: Ultra Filtration
34. AAPS: American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
35. ACPS: Advisory Committee for Pharmaceutical Science
36. BDNF: Bangladesh National Formulary
37. BP: British Pharmacopoeia
38. BNF: British National Formulary
39. BSTI: Bangladesh Standard Testing Institute
40. CCU: Critical Care Unit
41. COOP: Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product
42. COS: Certificate of Standard
43. DHSS: Department of Health and Social Security
44. FDA: Food and Drug Administration
45. FEFO: First Expired, First Out
46. FIFO: First in First Out
47. GAMP: Good Automated Manufacturing Practice
48. GMP: Good Manufacturing Practice
49. GCP: Good Clinical Practice
50. GQS: Global Quality Standards
51. GRP: Good Regulatory Practice
52. IES: Institute of Environmental Sciences
53. IND: Investigation New Drug
54. INN: International Non Proprietarily Name
55. ISO: International Organisation for Standardization.
56. ISPE: International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering
57. NDA: New Drug Application
58. NDC: National Drug Code
59. NF: National Formulatory
60. NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology
61. NPD: New Product Development
62. PQS: Pharmaceutical Quality System
63. UNDP: United Nations Development Programme
64. UNICEF: United Nations International Children Emergency Fund
65. USP: United State Pharmacopoeia
66. VMP: Validation Master Plan
67. WHO: World Health Organization
68. ADE: Adverse Drug Event
69. ADR: Adverse Drug Reaction
70. API: Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient
71. BBB: Blood Brain Barrier
72. BET: Bacterial Endotoxin Test
73. BI: Biologic Indicator
74. CBC: Complete Blood Count
75. CCU: Critical Care Unit
76. CHD: Coronary Heart Disease
77. CHF: Congestive Heart Failure
78. CNS: Central Nervous System
79. HBV: Hepatitis B Virus
80. IBS: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
81. ICU: Intensive Care Unit
82. MCA: Medicine Control Agency
83. MHRA: Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
84. MHW: Ministry of Health and Welfare
85. NSAID: Non Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug
86. OTC: Over the Counter
87. PDR: Physician's Desk Reference
88. PUD: Peptic Ulcer Diseases
89. Rx: Take Though
90. STD: Sexually Transmitted Disease
91. WCB: Working Cell Banks
92. WFI: Water for Injection
93. AAMI: American Association of Pharmaceutical Instrumentation
94. AAS: Atomic Absorption Radiation
95. ACPS: Advisory Committee for Pharmaceutical Science
96. ACTD: ASEAN Common Technical Dossier
97. AHU: Air Handling Unit
98. AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
99. AMA: Anti Microbial Agent
100. ANDA: Abbreviated New Drug Application
101. ANOVA: Analysis of Variance
102. ANVISA: Agencia Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria, Brazil
103. API: Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
104. BFS: Blow-Fill-Seal
105. BI: Biological Indicator 
106. BIRDEM: Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitaions in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorder
107. BMRC: Bangladesh Medical Research Council
108. BP: British Pharmacopoeia
109. BS: British Standard
110. BSA: Body Surface Area