COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

The Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) is an international, non-governmental, non-profit organization established jointly by WHO and UNESCO in 1949. CIOMS represents a substantial proportion of the biomedical scientific community through its member organizations, which include many of the biomedical disciplines, national academies of sciences and medical research councils. CIOMS mission is to advance public health through guidance on health research and policy including ethics, medical product development and safety. CIOMS is in official relations with WHO and is an associate partner of UNESCO.

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03
Jul

CIOMS cumulative glossary (version 2.3) now available

The CIOMS cumulative glossary is an organized collection of the terms and definitions included in published CIOMS Working Group reports, with a focus on pharmacovigilance. Find Version 2.3 here.

01
Jul

CIOMS June 2025 Newsletter

The CIOMS June 2025 Newsletter is available here.

05
Jun

CIOMS Glossary of ICH terms and definitions: Version 8 now available

Version 8 of the CIOMS Glossary of ICH terms and definitions is now freely available here. It can also be accessed from the ICH webpage here.

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS

The Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) is an international, non-governmental, non-profit organization established jointly by WHO and UNESCO in 1949. CIOMS represents a substantial proportion of the biomedical scientific community through its member organizations, which include many of the biomedical disciplines, national academies of sciences and medical research councils. CIOMS mission is to advance public health through guidance on health research including ethics, medical product development and safety.

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CIOMS WORKING GROUPS

The Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) is an international, non-governmental, non-profit organization established jointly by WHO and UNESCO in 1949. CIOMS represents a substantial proportion of the biomedical scientific community through its member organizations, which include many of the biomedical disciplines, national academies of sciences and medical research councils. CIOMS mission is to advance public health through guidance on health research including ethics, medical product development and safety.

The current and recent Working Groups

CIOMS MEETINGS

Upcoming Meetings

Recent Meetings

25 - 26 June 2025

Geneva, Switzerland

11th Meeting of the Working Group on Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacovigilance

10 June 2025

Virtual

CIOMS General Assembly 2025

03 June 2025

Virtual

2nd Meeting Working Group XVI on Development Safety Update Report

23 April 2025

Virtual

10th Meeting of the Working Group on Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacovigilance

Member Organizations