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The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) is an American nonprofit standards development organization representing most sectors of the U.S. pharmacy services industry. It was founded in 1977 as the extension of a Drug Ad Hoc Committee that made recommendations for the U.S. National Drug Code (NDC).
In October 2005, a local Orlando investment company, the Tavistock Group, donated $12.5 million and 50 acres (0.20 km 2) of land to UCF to help establish the UCF Medical School at Lake Nona, and issued a challenge to the Orlando community to help the university raise an additional $12.5 million to boost the total amount of raised funds to $25 million.
When UCF's economic impact is combined with that of the Central Florida Research Park, the university and park influenced 46,000 jobs and $3.84 billion in economic activity in 2009. [129] The new College of Medicine , which opened in August 2009, will create an estimated 30,000 local jobs and have an economic impact of $7.6 billion in its first ...
In early May 2011, UCF announced that the board of trustees would consider a motion to create a new College of Dental Medicine. [4] [5] This followed a private donation of $10 million to the university for the purpose of creating a dental school. [4] On May 26, 2011, the Board voted to approve the new college. [1]
The following year, UCF Foundation established the Knightingale Society for alumni and friends of the college who provide annual contributions of $1,000 or more. In 2010, the College of Nursing moved to its current location in the University Tower building within Central Florida Research Park , adjacent to the main campus of UCF. [ 6 ]
The Central Florida Research Park (CFRP) is a research park abutting the main campus of the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, Florida, United States.CFRP is the largest research park in Florida, the fourth largest in the United States by number of companies, and the seventh largest in the United States by number of employees.
The University of Central Florida College of Graduate Studies is an academic college of the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida, United States. The college confers most professional and research master's degrees and doctoral degrees in various fields of study for the university. The departments under which instruction and ...
The UCF Office of Research & Commercialization is responsible for the organization and administration of the university's research centers, institutes and partners. [2] The Office is located directly south of the main campus in the Central Florida Research Park , which is one of the largest research parks in the nation. [ 3 ]