EMA Fee Proposals Pass Another Legislative Milestone

Agreement on a new, more streamlined fee structure for the European regulator could be reached by the end of this year.

The EMA's fee structure is to be aligned more closely with costs • Source: Shutterstock

Three-way talks among the EU institutions on a new fee structure at the European Medicines Agency are expected to begin in September after the European Parliament adopted amendments to a draft regulation that will base fee levels more closely on the actual costs of regulatory work performed by the EMA.

The amended version of the draft regulation is basically the same as the one passed by the parliament’s environment and...