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Regulation · CELEX 32022R0123 · Procedure completed · Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

Regulation (EU) 2022/123 on a reinforced role for the European Medicines Agency in crisis preparedness and management for medicinal products and medical devices: what it means for Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

The Regulation (EU) 2022/123 on a reinforced role for the European Medicines Agency in crisis preparedness and management for medicinal products and medical devices is part of the EU rulebook for pharmaceuticals & life sciences. Its subject matter covers medicinal products — core to the sector.

Act32022R0123
TypeRegulation
StageProcedure completed
Dated2022-01-25
Lead committeeENVI
In short

Regulation (EU) 2022/123 on a reinforced role for the European Medicines Agency in crisis preparedness and management for medicinal products and medical devices is on the Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences rulebook because its official title matches medicinal products. Source: EUR-Lex and the European Parliament procedure file; company-specific applicability still depends on your activities.

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What the act does

to reinforce the role of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in crisis preparedness and management for medicinal products and medical devices. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: the unprecedented experience of the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that the EU’s ability to coordinate work to ensure the availability of medicinal products and medical devices and facilitate their development is currently…

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Why it matters for Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

Pharmaceutical and life-sciences companies face EU rules on medicines authorisation, clinical trials and supply-chain integrity across the single market. These are the EU acts most likely to apply.

Regulation (EU) 2022/123 on a reinforced role for the European Medicines Agency in crisis preparedness and management for medicinal products and medical devices sits in that rulebook because its subject matter covers medicinal products. Whether — and how — it applies to a given business depends on that business’s activities, products and markets.

The rest of the Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences rulebook

Every other EU file in scope for Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences.

Primary sources

The act’s summary is the European Parliament’s own procedure record; the sector connection is the act’s stated subject matter. Lex shows the law and the grounded connection — not legal advice. Data © European Union (Decision 2011/833/EU). Methodology.

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