EU Joint Regulatory Assessment Project Bears Fruit In COVID-19
Four more agencies are seeking to join ICMRA
Executive Summary
The European Medicines Agency has reported progress with a collaborative project that involves other regulators in its assessments of COVID-19 products, and with the EU Medicines for All initiative for evaluating products for non-EU markets.
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