Medical Terminology

European Medicines Agency (EMA)

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA), which was established in 1995, is a decentralized agency of the European Union, located in London. The Agency is responsible for the scientific evaluation of medicines developed by pharmaceutical companies for use in the European Union. (It is similar to the Food & Drug Administration [FDA] in the United States.)

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