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align-self-stretch d-flex justify-content-end"><div class="action-bar"><div class="ema-social-media-share button"><script type="application/json">{"service":"share","version":"2.0","more":["email","linkedin","x","facebook","whatsapp","blogger","digg","gmail","netvibes","pinterest","pocket","printfriendly","qzone","reddit","threads","tumblr","typepad","viadeo","weibo","yahoomail","yammer"],"selection":true,"stats":true,"target":"_blank"}</script></div></div></div><div class="card-content-block"><div class="card-content-wrapper"><div class="content"><div class="field string-long ema-landing-page__field-ema-summary">The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is a decentralised agency of the European Union (EU). It is responsible for the scientific evaluation, supervision and safety monitoring of medicines.</div></div></div><div class="d-flex flex-column flex-lg-row justify-content-between gap-3"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="col-12 "><div class="row"><div class="col-12"><div id="block-system-main-block" class="main-content"><article class="node ema-landing-page ema-landing-page--full container content-without-sidebar"><div class="ema-node-content-wrapper node-sections"><div class="item"><div class="bcl-featured-media default left highlighted text-start simple-cta"><div class="row"><div class="col-12 d-flex flex-column gap-3"><figure class="mb-0 rounded overflow-hidden"><div class="ratio ratio-16x9"><div class="ratio ratio-16x9"><iframe src="https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/media/oembed?url=https%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DkuCuWSLslGI&max_width=1024&max_height=576&hash=cNqRwiGTn-g2BErcp2xtCmzETQ-fHjFM2kSEFwqdbt0" width="1024" height="576" class="media-oembed-content" loading="eager" title="EMA Working for every patient in Europe - (multi-language)"></iframe></div></div><figcaption class="bg-light p-3" > EMA Working for every patient in Europe (video in English, with subtitles in 24 different languages) ~ 2 mins </figcaption></figure><div class="text"><p>EMA protects public and animal health in EU Member States, as well as the countries of the European Economic Area, by ensuring that all medicines available on the EU market are safe, effective and of high quality. EMA serves a community of around 450 million people living in the EU, and has been operating since 1995.</p><a href="/en/about-us/what-we-do" class="text-uppercase">Read more about what we do<svg class="ms-2-5 bi icon--s" ><use xlink:href="/themes/contrib/oe_bootstrap_theme/assets/icons/bcl-default-icons.svg#arrow-right"/></svg></a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="item"><div id="in-this-section-38524" class="bcl-listing bcl-listing--default-2-col"><h2 class="rounded-title bcl-heading">In this section</h2><div class="row row-cols-1 row-cols-md-2 g-4" ><div class="col"><article class="listing-item border-bottom border-md-0 border-0 card"><div class="card-body p-0 pb-3"><h4 class="listing-item-title card-title bcl-heading"><a href="/en/about-us/what-we-do" class="standalone">What we do</a></h4><div class="card-text mb-2"> EMA's mission and activities, the authorisation of medicines in Europe and EMA support to research </div></div></article></div><div class="col"><article class="listing-item border-bottom border-md-0 border-0 card"><div class="card-body p-0 pb-3"><h4 class="listing-item-title card-title bcl-heading"><a href="/en/about-us/who-we-are" class="standalone">Who we are</a></h4><div class="card-text mb-2"> EMA's organisational structure and people </div></div></article></div><div class="col"><article class="listing-item border-bottom border-md-0 border-0 card"><div class="card-body p-0 pb-3"><h4 class="listing-item-title card-title bcl-heading"><a href="/en/about-us/how-we-work" class="standalone">How we work</a></h4><div class="card-text mb-2"> The European medicines regulatory network, EMA's governance, Big data, public hearings and governance, policies and reporting </div></div></article></div><div class="col"><article class="listing-item border-bottom border-md-0 border-0 card"><div class="card-body p-0 pb-3"><h4 class="listing-item-title card-title bcl-heading"><a href="/en/about-us/annual-reports-work-programmes" class="standalone">Annual reports and work programmes</a></h4><div class="card-text mb-2"> Insights into EMA's regulatory procedures, activities, and achievements, with an interactive timeline and figures and statistics </div></div></article></div><div class="col"><article class="listing-item border-bottom border-md-0 border-0 card"><div class="card-body p-0 pb-3"><h4 class="listing-item-title card-title bcl-heading"><a href="/en/about-us/history-ema" class="standalone">History of EMA</a></h4><div class="card-text mb-2"> EMA's milestones and achievements since it was founded in 1996 </div></div></article></div><div class="col"><article class="listing-item border-bottom border-md-0 border-0 card"><div class="card-body p-0 pb-3"><h4 class="listing-item-title card-title bcl-heading"><a href="/en/about-us/careers" class="standalone">Careers</a></h4><div class="card-text mb-2"> Link to EMA's Careers portal. The portal includes EMA's vacancies, with information on working conditions and the application process </div></div></article></div><div class="col"><article class="listing-item border-bottom border-md-0 border-0 card"><div class="card-body p-0 pb-3"><h4 class="listing-item-title card-title bcl-heading"><a href="/en/about-us/procurement/procurement-archive" class="standalone">Procurement</a></h4><div class="card-text mb-2"> Calls for tender for the supply of goods, services and works </div></div></article></div><div class="col"><article class="listing-item border-bottom border-md-0 border-0 card"><div class="card-body p-0 pb-3"><h4 class="listing-item-title card-title bcl-heading"><a href="/en/about-us/glossaries" class="standalone">Glossaries</a></h4><div class="card-text mb-2"> EMA鈥檚 medical terms simplifier and glossary of regulatory terms </div></div></article></div><div class="col"><article class="listing-item border-bottom border-md-0 border-0 card"><div class="card-body p-0 pb-3"><h4 class="listing-item-title card-title bcl-heading"><a href="/en/about-us/about-website" class="standalone">About this website</a></h4><div class="card-text mb-2"> How to get the most out of this website, including the search </div></div></article></div><div class="col"><article class="listing-item border-bottom border-md-0 border-0 card"><div class="card-body p-0 pb-3"><h4 class="listing-item-title card-title bcl-heading"><a href="/en/about-us/data-protection-privacy" class="standalone">Data protection and privacy </a></h4><div class="card-text mb-2"> EMA's privacy statement and data processing records </div></div></article></div><div class="col"><article class="listing-item border-bottom border-md-0 border-0 card"><div class="card-body p-0 pb-3"><h4 class="listing-item-title card-title bcl-heading"><a href="/en/about-us/frequently-asked-questions" class="standalone">Frequently asked questions (FAQs)</a></h4><div class="card-text mb-2"> Answers to frequentsly asked questions about EMA's work and scope </div></div></article></div><div class="col"><article class="listing-item border-bottom border-md-0 border-0 card"><div class="card-body p-0 pb-3"><h4 class="listing-item-title card-title bcl-heading"><a href="/en/about-us/contacts-european-medicines-agency" class="standalone">Contacts</a></h4><div class="card-text mb-2"> Ways to contact EMA and bussiness hours and holidays </div></div></article></div></div></div></div><div class="item"><div id="ema-inpage-item-38532" class="paragraph paragraph--type--oe-rich-text paragraph--view-mode--default"><div id="translations-38532"><h2 class="mb-4 rounded-title"> Translations </h2></div><div class="ecl-editor"><p>The translations provide an overview of the main responsibilities of the Agency, based on this section of website.</p><p>Please note that the documents contain links to sections of the EMA website, some of which are only available in English.</p></div></div></div><div class="item"><div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ema-documents paragraph--view-mode--default" id="ema-inpage-item-38533"><div class="mt-4 ema-file-wrapper"><div data-ema-document-type="other" class="bcl-file variant-default border rounded overflow-hidden"><div class="file-title-metadata px-3-5 py-3"><div class="d-flex"><div class="pe-2 pb-2 icon-wrapper"><svg class="mt-1 icon--file text-dark bi icon--2xl" ><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/ema_theme/resources/icons/ema-bcl-bootstrap-icons.svg#file-pdf"/></svg></div><div class="d-md-flex flex-grow-1 ms-2-5"><div class="flex-grow-1"><p class="file-title mb-1 fw-bold">About us - 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Some of the information in these systems is available to all visitors, such as details about clinical trials in the EU, reports of suspected side effects, and other medicine-related data. </p></div><div class="banner-cta"><a href="/en/about-us/how-we-work/services-databases" class="btn btn-secondary">Browse services and databases<svg class="ms-2-5 bi icon--fluid" ><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/ema_theme/resources/icons/ema-bcl-bootstrap-icons.svg#chevron-right"/></svg></a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="item"><div id="ema-inpage-item-38525" class="paragraph paragraph--type--oe-rich-text paragraph--view-mode--default"><div id="ema-communication-activities-stakeholder-feedback-38525"><h2 class="mb-4 rounded-title"> EMA communication activities: stakeholder feedback </h2></div><div class="ecl-editor"><p>EMA routinely gathers stakeholder feedback on its communication activities via communication perception surveys. </p><p>The findings help EMA set targets, address areas for improvement and measure progress in the area of communication.</p><p>EMA has been capturing the results of its communication perception surveys in report format since 2017.</p><p>Please note that no report is available on the 2020 survey, due to impact on EMA of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>More information: </p></div></div></div><div class="item"><div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ema-documents paragraph--view-mode--default" id="ema-inpage-item-38526"><div class="mt-4 ema-file-wrapper"><div data-ema-document-type="report" class="bcl-file variant-default border rounded overflow-hidden"><div class="file-title-metadata px-3-5 py-3"><div class="d-flex"><div class="pe-2 pb-2 icon-wrapper"><svg class="mt-1 icon--file text-dark bi icon--2xl" ><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/ema_theme/resources/icons/ema-bcl-bootstrap-icons.svg#file-pdf"/></svg></div><div class="d-md-flex flex-grow-1 ms-2-5"><div class="flex-grow-1"><p class="file-title mb-1 fw-bold">EMA communication perception survey report 2017</p></div></div></div></div><div class="file-language-links px-3-5 py-3 border-top d-flex flex-column flex-md-row flex-wrap justify-content-between align-items-start align-items-md-center"><div class="d-flex flex-column flex-wrap"><p class="language-meta mb-1 fw-bold"> English (EN) <span class="fw-normal"> (2.56 MB - PDF)</span></p><div class="dates-metadata d-grid d-lg-flex flex-lg-row gap-1 gap-lg-3 align-content-start"><small class="metadata-row first-published fw-normal text-muted"><strong class="label">First published: </strong><span class="value"><time datetime="2018-07-18T11:40:00Z">18/07/2018</time></span></small><small class="metadata-row last-updated fw-normal text-muted"><strong class="label">Last updated: </strong><span class="value"><time datetime="2018-07-18T11:40:00Z">18/07/2018</time></span></small></div></div><a target="_blank" class="standalone align-self-top d-inline-block mt-3-5 mt-md-0 flex-shrink-0" 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