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The European Innovation Network as a hub for medicines innovation in Europe

The European Innovation Network is working to support the European medical innovation ecosystem by facilitating early dialogue between developers of medicines and regulators, as well as providing a platform for regulators to share information, good practices and expertise.
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  1. Eleonora Agricola

    1. Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA), Rome, Italy.

  2. Caroline Auriche-Benichou

    1. National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM), Saint-Denis, France.

  3. Helena Baiao

    1. National Authority of Medicines and Health Products (Infarmed), Lisbon, Portugal.

  4. Oriane Blanquie

    1. European Medicines Agency (EMA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.

  5. Teodora Bodea

    1. National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYÉI), Budapest, Hungary.

  6. Tomáš Boráň

    1. State Institute for Drug Control (SUKL CZ), Prague, Czech Republic.

  7. John-Joseph Borg

    1. Malta Medicines Authority, San Gwann, Malta.

  8. Valentina Cordo’

    1. European Medicines Agency (EMA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

  9. Maria Di Marzo

    1. Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA), Rome, Italy.

  10. Lars Dmowski Rugholm

    1. Danish Medicines Agency (DKMA), Copenhagen, Denmark.

  11. Falk Ehmann

    1. European Medicines Agency (EMA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

  12. Rúna Hauksdóttir Hvannberg

    1. Icelandic Medicines Agency (IMA), Reykjavik, Iceland.

  13. Ralf Herold

    1. European Medicines Agency (EMA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

  14. Alar Irs

    1. Estonia State Agency of Medicines (Ravimiamet), Tartu, Estonia.

  15. Simona Jurkovič Mlakar

    1. Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenia (JAZMP), Ljubljana, Slovenia.

  16. Robert Klaus

    1. Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Wien, Austria.

  17. Juha Kolehmainen

    1. Finnish Medicines Agency (FIMEA), Helsinki, Finland.

  18. Christophe Lahorte

    1. Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (FAMHP), Brussels, Belgium.

  19. Wiebke Löbker

    1. Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), Bonn, Germany.

  20. Anna Mäkinen Salmi

    1. Swedish Medical Products Agency (MPA), Uppsala, Sweden.

  21. Yoana Nuevo Ordoñez

    1. Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS), Madrid, Spain.

  22. Laurence O’Dwyer

    1. Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), Dublin, Ireland.

  23. Anna Maria Gerdina Pasmooij

    1. Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board (MEB), Utrecht, The Netherlands.

  24. Ingvil Saeterdal

    1. Norwegian Medicines Agency (NoMA), Oslo, Norway.

  25. Bronislava Spakova

    1. State Institute for Drug Control (SUKL SK), Bratislava, Slovakia.

  26. Viktoriia Starokozhko

    1. Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board (MEB), Utrecht, The Netherlands.

  27. Bettina Ziegele

    1. Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI), Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines, Langen, Germany.

  28. Katarzyna Zywiec

    1. Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products, Warsaw, Poland.

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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 23, 405-406 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41573-024-00039-x

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