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As of 2016, the EMA was roughly parallel to the drug part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), [53] but without centralisation. [54] The timetable for product approval via the EMA's centralised procedure of 210 days compares well with the average of 500 days taken by the FDA in 2008 to evaluate a product. [55]
The Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) is a network of both the human and veterinary medicines agencies of the European Economic Area. [1]The HMA co-operates with the European Medicines Agency and the European Commission (Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety) in the operation of the European medicines regulatory system.
A further advantage of the Certification procedure [17] is that it provides the Ph. Eur. Commission [14] with up-to-date information on the quality of substances on the European market, highlighting where Ph. Eur. texts and quality requirements might require revision and helping to ensure that the pharmacopoeia remains state-of-the-art.
EMA: Amsterdam (since 2019) London (1995–2019) [a] Netherlands ( UK until 2019) [a] 1995: members: EU states, European Commission, European Parliament observers: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway [10] European Union Intellectual Property Office [11] EUIPO [12] Alicante Spain: 1994: members: EU states, European Commission [13] Community Plant ...
The National Health Service (SNS) is the system by which the State assures the right to the health protection, in the terms established by the Portuguese Constitution. It was created in 1979 and operates under the supervision of the Ministry of Health. The SNS is characterized as being national, universal, general and free.
Although all citizens nominally are entitled to free health care, in the post-Soviet era bribery has become a common way to bypass the slow and limited service of the state system. In the early 2000s, policy has focused on improving primary health care facilities and cutting the cost of inpatient facilities.
In 2016, the Swedish National Audit Office published an audit report examining how the state (the government, the Medical Products Agency, the National Board of Health and Welfare and the Swedish Agency for Medical and Social Evaluation) handles the pharmaceutical industry's influence over state drug control and knowledge management. [1]
The Ministry of Health also maintains the national health service telephone line, an information service, available every day, 24 hours a day and accessible via telephone ( 808 24 24 24) or via the internet ( www. saude24.pt). This service, provides screening, counseling and referral for illness, therapeutic counseling, public health assistance ...