Medical Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. ALJ (OC)
   Office of the Administrative Law Judge (OC)
2. AMB (CDRH)
   Adminstrative Management Branch (CDRH)
3. AMT (OC)
   Asset Management Team (OC)
4. AOB (OC)
   Accounting Operations Branch (OC)
5. APIFARMA
   Associação Portuguesa da Indústria FARMAcêutica (Association of the Portuguese Pharmaceutical Industries)
6. APLB (CBER)
   Advertising and Promotional Labeling Branch (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research)
7. APSB (OC)
   Accounting Policy and Systems Branch (OC)
8. ARAB (OC)
   Accounting Reports and Analysis Branch (OC)
9. ARDB (CDRH)
   Anesthesiology and Respiratory Devices Branch (CDRH)
10. ARL (ORA)
    Arkansas Regional Laboratory (ORA)
11. ARTCA
    Antimicrobial Regulations Technical Correction Act of 1998
12. AS (CVM)
    Administrative Staff (CVM)
13. ASB (OC)
    Accounting Services Branch (OC)
14. ASD (HD)
    Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense
15. AT (OC)
    Acquisitions Team (OC)
16. ATS (CDER)
    Applied Technologies Staff (CDER)
17. B&F (CVM)
    Budget and Finance Team (CVM)
18. BA/BE
    Bio-Availability/Bio-Equivalence
19. BARS (CDER)
    Business Analysis and Reporting Staff (CDER)
20. BB IND
    Biological Investigational New Drug

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