EMA is opening the doors!

EMA is opening the doors!

I am honored to be able to attend on this day.

An impressively beautiful building with multiple conference rooms. In these conference rooms, each country has its own assigned seat. It felt almost magical to be able to attend the presentations "in the front row".

The welcome speech was followed by clear presentations on what EMA stands for and what they do.

With all patience, the facets of what EMA is all about were explained.

Transparency and guarding against ‘conflict of interest’ are of great importance to EMA.

They also monitor drug safety and are proactive in detailed data requests and follow-up studies.

In other words, quality assurance and drug monitoring or with an "expensive word" pharmacovigilence.

 

"Transparancy"

 

From data entry to final decision, from European assessments to marketing authorization, EMA oversees transparency, decision actions, co-communication, guidance and risk minimization.

So we continued our route to the conference room next door for another presentation.

Good collaboration with different fields is important for EMA.

For example, they want to stay informed about the side effects of medication through professional caregivers to parents and caregivers. After all, Patient Engagement helps better understand medication side effects.

Want to learn more about reporting side effects. Feel free to visit:

https://www.lareb.nl/geneesmiddel-kennis

But there is more! So we were led to the third room with speaker Paul.

Upon entering, Paul stood next to the standing table where, among other things, there was a box of eggs and a piece of Parma ham. A nice icebreaker and this also immediately brought a pleasant and relaxed atmosphere to the room.

Paul talks about the veterinary department, also known as animal welfare.

EMA oversees health, animal status and welfare through its various services offered wide.

 

"box of eggs and a piece of Parma ham"

 

Food safety for humans must also be safe for the animals. Similarly, this applies to antibiotics and habitat. For example, Paul tells us that there are dogs that can even smell skin cancer. This was an amazing notice for me.

This all made it a great well balanced program of multiple presentations in the different conference rooms. Very interesting and informative. Overwhelmingly, have I experienced their transparency in providing information as well as collaborations and engagement.

A very pleasant convivial atmosphere. Their openness, friendliness and accessibility made you feel really welcome.

After visiting their specially set up exhibition space, it was already time to catch the train for my next meeting.

Thank you Catharina, Ciska, Maria for our nice conversations. Thank you Benedict, Paul and your colleagues for the interesting and clear presentations.

 

For more information, I refer to: https://www.ema.europa.eu/