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The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (in German: Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte – BfArM) is the medical regulatory body in Germany. It operates under the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG). It is headquartered in Bonn, Germany.[1] Its president is Karl Broich.[2]

Portfolio[edit]

The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices is one of the two independent federal higher authorities in the German health care sector alongside the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI) under the Federal Ministry of Health. It is headquartered in Bonn, Germany.

Further authorities within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Health are:[3]

  • The Robert-Koch-Institut (RKI) is the Federal Government's central institution in the field of public health responsible for identifying, preventing and combating diseases and serves as the National Institute of Public Health.
  • The Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines, contribution to the availability and safety of effective biomedical products.
  • Improving the citizens' health is the aim of the Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA) or Federal Centre for Health Education.

History[edit]

In 2010, the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices announced that it would accept pure electronic filings (eCTD or NeeS) from mid-February 2010 onward (previously a full paper copy was required). Only those documents requiring signature would be required in paper.[4]

In 2020, the Deutsches Institut für Medizinische Dokumentation und Information (DIMDI) or German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information was merged into the BfArM .[5] It offered reliable medical knowledge via the internet, oversaw medical classifications, terminology for health telematics and was responsible for a Health Technology Assessment programme.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ About us, BfArM Website, Retrieved: May 11, 2020
  2. ^ Head, BfArM Website, Retrieved: May 11, 2020
  3. ^ Portfolio of the BMG Archived 2020-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, BfArM Website, Retrieved: May 11, 2020Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Kathie Clark (February 3, 2010). "European Agency Roundup". The eCTD summit.
  5. ^ "Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices and major functional units of DIMDI merged". Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices. 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2020-12-06.

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Institute_for_Drugs_and_Medical_Devices