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‘We Need Help,’ Says EMA Chief Amid COVID-19 & Burgeoning Workload

 
• By Ian Schofield

COVID-19, resource constraints and a forthcoming expansion of its responsibilities are piling the pressure on the EU regulator.  

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The EMA's financial and staff resources are under pressure • Source: Alamy

The executive director of the European Medicines Agency has made a plea for more staff and financial resources to help the agency face the challenges posed not only by COVID-19 but also by other work such as dealing with access to document requests and publishing clinical trial data – not to mention the proposed expansion of the organization's mandate as part of EU plans for a “European Health Union.”

“We need help. We definitely need help,” Emer Cooke told a 30 November hearing of the European Parliament’s environment and...

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