EMA's New PRIME Scheme Gets 18 Applications In First Month

Eleven applications to the European priority review program came from smaller companies.

The European Medicines Agency says it has received 18 applications for entry in its much-talked about PRIME (priority medicines) scheme since launching the initiative only one month ago1.

The announcement, which the EMA made via Twitter* on April 7, follows the agency's prediction that it would be "flooded...

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