Steps involved in obtaining an EU marketing authorisation

Submission of eligibility request

Up to 7 months before submission of marketing authorisation application (MAA)

To find out whether a product can be evaluated under the centralised procedure, applicants should always submit an eligibility request using the specific form and accompanied by a justification.

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Notification of intention to submit an application

4 months before submission of MAA

Applicants should consider the date of submission carefully, referring to the published Veterinary pre-submission meeting request form - in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 2019/6

and the guidance below:

To notify the Agency of the intended submission date, please submit a Presubmission request form for a EMA procedure prior to the submission of a marketing authorisation application or Article 58 Application via Service Now by selecting Veterinary Regulatory > Pre-Submission-Vets. The selected scope of request should be: 'Centralised Procedure – Intent to submit a MAA'.

More information: Veterinary pre-submission Q&A

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Appointment of rapporteurs

4 months before submission of MAA

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) appoints (co-)rapporteurs to conduct the scientific assessment.

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Pre-submission

 

Pre-submission meetings are the best opportunity for applicants to obtain procedural and regulatory advice from the Agency:

Successful pre-submission meetings along with the information in the guidance should enable applicants to submit applications in line with legal and regulatory requirements. This speeds up the validation process.

More information: Veterinary pre-submission Q&A

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Submission and validation of the application

Applicants submit the application to the Agency.

If the Agency needs additional information to complete its validation of the application, it will ask the applicant to supply this by a deadline.

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Scientific evaluation

Up to 210 active days of assessment

The CVMP evaluates MAA submitted through the centralised procedure.

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CVMP scientific opinion

After the evaluation, the CVMP must issue a scientific opinion on whether the medicine may be authorised or not.

EMA sends this opinion to the European Commission, which issues the marketing authorisation. The Agency then publishes a summary of the committee's opinion.

More information: Pending European Commission decisions

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European Commission decision

Within 67 days of receipt of CVMP opinion

Commission decisions are published in the Community Register of medicinal products for veterinary use and EMA publishes a European public assessment report (EPAR).

When a new marketing authorisation application is refused, the Agency publishes a refusal EPAR, including a question and answer document and an assessment report.

 

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