EMA TO BECOME MORE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN PHARMA RESEARCH

THE EUROPEAN Medicines Agency (EMA) has detailed how it might become more involved in pharmaceutical research in future. It has released a detailed plan saying under what circumstances the agency should become involved in studies and how it should choose projects and avoid conflicts of interest.But clearly it wants to do more. The plan says: “Given the agency’s central role…to promote and protect…health, and support its business processes in the evaluation and supervision of medicines, it is essential for EMA to further evolve from a passive bystander to ...


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