5-HT Serotonin
5-hydroxytryptamine = serotonin
ACDM = Association for Clinical Data Management
ACE = acetylcholinesterase
ACH = Acetylcholine
ACS = American Chemical Society
ACTH = Adrenocorticotropic hormone
ADH = Alcohol dehydrogenase
ADH, vasopressin = Antidiuretic hormone
ADME = absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion
ADMET = absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity
ADR = adverse drug reaction
AE = adverse event
AEs = adverse events
AIDS = Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIG = Active Ingredient Group
ALS = amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
ANDA = Abbreviated New Drug Application
ANOVA = Analysis of variance
AOQL = AVERAGE OUTGOING QUALITY LEVEL
AQL = ACCEPTABLE QUALITY LEVEL
AR = adverse reaction
ASC = Advertising Standards Canada
ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASQ = American society for quality
ATP = adenosine triphosphate
ATP = Advanced Technology Program
ATPE = Aqueous two-phase extraction
AWG = Expert Working Groups
BAA = Broad Agency Announcements
BBB = Blood Brain Barrier
BGTD = Biologics and Genetic Therapies Directorate
ß-End = ß-Endorphin
BI = biological indicator
BIMO = Bioresearch Monitoring
BIs = biological indicators
BL1-LS = Biosafety Level 1 large-scale
BLA = Biologics License Application
BODs = Boards of Directors
BPR = Batch Production Records
BPRs = Basic Research Plans
CADRMP = Canadian Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Program
CAT = choline acetyltransferase
CBER = Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
CCS = cell-cycle specific
CDA = clinical data analyses
CDC = clinical data coordinator
CDC Centers for Disease Control
CDER = Center of Drug Evaluation and Research
CDISC = Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium
CDM = Clinical Data Management
CDS = clinical data specialist
CED = Cause-Effect Diagram
CFD = clean file declaration
CFR = Code of Federal Regulations
cGMP = current Good Manufacturing Process
CHEM = Labs chemistry
CIB = Clinical Investigator's Brochure
CIS = Clintrial Integration Solution
CL = clinical listing
CMV = Cyto-Megalo Virus
CO = cardiac output
COPD = Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CONMEDS = Concomitant medications
COSTART = Coding Symbols for a Thesaurus of Adverse Reaction Terms
COX = cyclooxygenase
CMA = Continuous Market Application
Cp = Process Capability
CPG = consumer packaged goods
CPMP = Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Product
CPR = emergency planning and response
CRA = clinical research associate
CRC = clinical research coordinator
CRF = case report form
CRO = Contract Research Organization
CRS = clinical research scientist
CS = clinical scientist
CSF = Cerebrospinal Fluid
CSO = Consumer Safety Officer
