Road map to 2015, The European Medicines Agency’s contribution to science, medicines and health

One of the European Medicines Agency’s long-term strategic goals is to foster researchand the uptake of innovative methods in the development of medicines.

READ………….Road map to 2015

The European Medicines Agency’s
contribution to science, medicines and health……………..http://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/Report/2011/01/WC500101373.pdf

This helps the Agency to meet its objective of making safe and effective medicines available to patients in a timely manner, following evaluation using state-of-the-art methods.

The Agency also supports the development of new therapies and technologies by working with interested parties in the European Union (EU).

Activities at the Agency

In 2004, the Agency set up the European Medicines Agency/Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) Think-Tank Group on Innovative Drug Development.

This group included Agency staff and members of the CHMP and its working parties. Its work focused on identifying scientific bottlenecks and emerging science in the development of medicines, both in industry research and development…