The European Medicines Agency (EMA) plays an important role in ensuring that the needs of older people are taken into account in the development, approval and use of medicines in the European Union. This includes developing guidelines on how to address the specific requirements of older patients in medicine development programmes and improving the...

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During the 2020-23 COVID-19 public health emergency, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) provided guidance for medicine developers and pharmaceutical companies to help speed up development and approval for COVID-19 medicines and address regulatory challenges arising from the pandemic.

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