Table 1 Agencies and information scources scanned for health technology assessment related data (2004)

The European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA)

http://www.emea.eu.int/

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

http://www.fda.gov/

UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

http://www.mhra.gov.uk/

National Horizon Scanning Centre, University of Birmingham, UK

http://www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/horizon/

Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (CCOHTA)

http://www.ccohta.ca/entry_e.html

Swedish Early Warning System: SBU ALERT

http://www.sbu.se/www/index.asp

The European Information Network on New and Changing Health Technologies (EuroScan)

http://www.publichealth.bham.ac.uk/euroscan/Default.htm

Current Controlled Trials (London)

http://www.controlled-trials.com/

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, UK

http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/

EurekAlert (online portal)

http://www.eurekalert.org/

New Scientist

http://www.newscientist.com/home.ns

Reuters Health

http://www.reutershealth.com/en/index.html