New EU Bodies To Monitor Drug Supply In Health Crises
Executive Summary
New pandemic-related responsibilities have been entrusted to the European Medicines Agency by a regulation published on 31 January. They include coordinating vaccine safety and effectiveness studies and setting up a European network of real-world data to help support health crisis preparedness and response.
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