Organization:Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products

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Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products
Federaal Agentschap voor Geneesmiddelen en Gezondheidsproducten (FAGG in Dutch)
Agence fédérale des médicaments et des produits de santé (AFMPS in French)
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 1, 2007 (2007-01-01)
Preceding
  • Directorate-general for Medicines (Federal Public Service Health)
Jurisdiction Belgium
HeadquartersSaint-Gilles, Brussels
[ ⚑ ] 50°50′10″N 4°20′00″E / 50.83611°N 4.3333333°E / 50.83611; 4.3333333
Employees458 (anno 2016)
Annual budgetCa. 70,000,000 EUR
Minister responsible
  • Frank Vandenbroucke, Minister of Public Health
Agency executive
  • Xavier De Cuyper, Administrator-general
Parent departmentFederal Public Service Health
Websitewww.famhp.be

The Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (FAMHP) of Belgium is responsible for the approval and registration of new medication in Belgium and for pharmacovigilance. Xavier De Cuyper is General Administrator of the agency.

The Dutch name is Federaal Agentschap voor Geneesmiddelen en Gezondheidsproducten (FAGG) and in French it is called Agence Fédérale des Médicaments et des Produits de Santé (AFMPS).

The agency succeeded the Directoraat-generaal Geneesmiddelen / Direction Générale des Médicaments of the Federal Public Service Health as the new Competent Authority on 1 January 2007.

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