Latvian delegate participates in the Heads of Medicines Agencies meeting

17.02.2016.

On 17th and 18th February 2016 Svens Henkuzens, the Director of the State Agency of Medicines (SAM), is attending the scheduled Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) meeting in Amsterdam which is being organised by the Medicines Evaluation Board of the Netherlands as part of the Netherlands Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU).

The meeting agenda contains several important issues related to the pharmaceutical field, including:

Priorities of the Netherlands Presidency of the EU Council in the field of collaboration of pharmaceutical regulators – more rapid availability of new medicinal products (innovation) to patients; fighting the antimicrobial resistance, interruptions in the supply of medicines in Europe and solutions for prevention of such interruptions;
Approval of the long-term work plans for HMA and EMA in accordance with the 2016 2020 operational strategy of both organisations.