Commentary on the European Medicines Agency's extended mandate - Protecting public health in times of crisis and improving availability of medicines and medical devices
Abstract:The European Medicines Agency (EMA) started operating under its new
legal mandate on 1 April 2022. The mandate brings new responsibilities
to the Agency in three different areas: • Reinforcement of the role and
activities of the EMA pandemic Task Force(which is now known as the
Emergency Task Force (ETF)). • A stronger role of EMA in the monitoring
of shortages of critical medicines, medical devices and in-vitro
diagnostics, both in anticipation of and during a crisis. • A more
coordinated mechanism of Europea… Show more
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