Last updated on: 17/01/2012
1. Contact details{View data sources/studies associated with this centre}
Name of organisation 
1) Department/Research groupInnovation Monitoring and Health Technology Assessment
2) Organisation/affiliationGerman Inst. for Medical Documentat. and Informat.
Short Name in the inventoryDIMDI
Website/Homepagewww.dimdi.de 
Administrative Contact
Title Dr
Last name Dauben
First name Hans-Peter
Address line 1Waisenhausgasse 36a-38
Address line 2 
Address line 3 
CityCologne 
Postcode50686 
CountryGermany
Phone number (incl. country code)49-221-4724311 
Alternative phone number49-221-4724212 
Fax number (incl. country code)49-221-4724440 
Email address dauben@dimdi.de
Scientific Contact
Title Dr
Last name Dauben
First name Hans-Peter
Address line 1Waisenhausgasse 36a-38
Address line 2 
Address line 3 
CityCologne 
Postcode50686 
CountryGermany
Phone number (incl. country code)49-221-4724311 
Alternative phone number49-221-4724212 
Fax number (incl. country code)49-221-4724440 
Email address dauben@dimdi.de
2. Description
DIMDI (German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information) is an institute within the scope of the ministry of health and dealing with different kind of information on pharmaceuticals and medical devices. We are offering services to the public related to medical knowledge management and are the host of the German Agency for Health technology assessment (DAHTA) as well as the secretariat of the International network of HTA agencies and founding member of the European netowrk of HTA agencies (EUnetHTA). We are also listed as NCA within the EMA and are represented in some TIGs. Our work is very much bridging the area of knowledge and IT related services. We also host the national register of medical devices and pharmaceutical products. In relation to innovation monitoring and HTA and as member of the network EuroScan international we are very much interested in getting better data on daily life data and are doing this in connection and cooperation with our sister institute BfArM.
3. Category
Government based
4. Available resources
 In houseVia Contacts/Network
Epidemiologist/Pharmacoepidemiologist Yes Yes
Statistician No Yes
Clinician Yes Yes
Clinical Pharmacologist Yes Yes
Pharmacist Yes Yes
Geneticist/Pharmacogeneticist No Yes
IT specialist Yes No
Ethics expertise No Yes
Legal expertise Yes No
Regulatory expertise Yes No
evidence based medicine experts Yes Yes
classification and nomenclation experts Yes Yes
medical device and pharmaceutical experts Yes Yes
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