EMA Fees: Parliamentary Committee Insists On Full Transparency & Sufficient Funding

The ENVI committee says the regulatory work done by national regulators on behalf of the European Medicines Agency must be properly remunerated to ensure “world-class pharmaceutical supervision."

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Fees should reflect the work actually done by EU regulators • Source: Shutterstock

A European Parliament committee has backed a draft regulation intended to simplify the fee structure at the European Medicines Agency but cautioned that the fees must be based on a “transparent evaluation” of the estimates of workload and related regulatory costs.

The environment and public health (ENVI) committee also insisted that sufficient funding was needed for both the EMA and the...

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