The European Network of Paediatric Research at the European Medicines Agency (Enpr- EMA) is a network of research networks, investigators and centres with recognised expertise in performing clinical studies in children. Enpr-EMA enables networking and collaboration with members from within and outside the European Union (EU), including academia and the pharmaceutical industry

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Magisterial hospital preparations – hospital exemptions

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Article 28 of the ATMP Regulation also empowers Member States to permit the manufacturing and use of certain non- routine produced advanced therapies that have not been authorised by the Commission under certain conditions (so-called “Hospital Exemption”) outside the scope of the Medicinal Product Directive 2001/23.

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Joint EMA-HTA Scientific Advice

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) offers consultations in parallel with the European Network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA) as of July 2017. This aims to allow medicine developers to obtain feedback from regulators and health technology assessment (HTA) bodies on their evidence-generation plans to support decision-making on marketing authorisation and reimbursement of new medicines at the same time.

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Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) Classification

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Companies can consult the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to determine whether a medicine they are developing is an advanced therapy medicinal product (ATMP). This is an opportunity for ATMP developers to receive confirmation that a medicine, which is based on genes, cells or tissues, meets the scientific criteria for defining an ATMP. The procedure can help developers to clarify the applicable regulatory framework since the beginning of the product development.

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Compassionate use is a treatment option that allows the use of an unauthorised medicine. Under strict conditions, products in development can be made available to groups of patients who have a disease with no satisfactory authorised therapies and who cannot enter clinical trials.

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