The European Medicines Agency (EMA, based in London) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA, based in Parma) have signed a memorandum of understanding setting out their commitment to fostering cooperation on areas of common interest.
The agreement aims to ensure that both agencies make best use of their resources while avoiding duplication of effort in their activities. The EMA and the EFSA wish to develop scientific excellence and optimise risk assessment activities across the European Union (EU).
The memorandum states that the two agencies will:
“- exchange information and co-operate to ensure early identification of potential sources of conflict in scientific opinions;
– exchange information and views on areas and scientific questions of mutual interest, such as the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals;
– mutually invite representatives to meetings of common interest;
– carry out joint projects;
– develop joint scientific guidance;
– co-operate in risk communication; and
– extend co-operation in areas such as information technology, public procurement, legal matters, and policies and best practice on independence, handling conflicts of interest, openness and transparency.”
The EMA already has similar working arrangements in place with the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDD) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
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