SMEs Making The Most Of EU Centralized Procedure And Scientific Support From EMA
Executive Summary
Smaller biopharmaceutical firms are increasingly making use of the EU’s centralized approvals procedure and the EMA’s scientific advice and other support services, and are also proving to be keen users of the agency’s priority medicines scheme (PRIME), accounting for half of all PRIME applications in 2016.
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