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Council of EU adopts Regulation to expand EMA’s mandate

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Published on: 25 January 2022

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LNB News 25/01/2022

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Issue Date: 25 January 2022

Published Date: 25 January 2022

Jurisdiction(s): European Union

Article summary

The European Commission has announced that the Council of the European Union has adopted a Regulation which will amend the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) mandate. The Regulation, which the Commission states will ‘allow the Agency to closely monitor and mitigate shortages of medicines and medical devices during major events and public health emergencies’, as well ‘facilitate faster approval of medicines which could treat or prevent a disease causing a public health crisis’, was previously endorsed by the European Parliament on 20 January 2022.

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