About us

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.

EMA Working for every patient in Europe (video in English, with subtitles in 24 different languages) ~ 2 mins

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.

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In this section

What we do

EMA's mission and activities, the authorisation of medicines in Europe and EMA support to research

Who we are

EMA's organisational structure and people

How we work

The European medicines regulatory network, EMA's governance, Big data, public hearings and governance, policies and reporting

Annual reports and work programmes

Insights into EMA's regulatory procedures, activities, and achievements, with an interactive timeline and figures and statistics

History of EMA

EMA's milestones and achievements since it was founded in 1996

Careers

Link to EMA's Careers portal. The portal includes EMA's vacancies, with information on working conditions and the application process

Procurement

Calls for tender for the supply of goods, services and works

Glossaries

EMA’s medical terms simplifier and glossary of regulatory terms

About this website

How to get the most out of this website, including the search

Data protection and privacy

EMA's privacy statement and data processing records

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

Answers to frequentsly asked questions about EMA's work and scope

Contacts

Ways to contact EMA and bussiness hours and holidays

Translations

The translations provide an overview of the main responsibilities of the Agency, based on this section of website.

Please note that the documents contain links to sections of the EMA website, some of which are only available in English.

About us - European Medicines Agency (EMA)

Reference Number: EMA/338312/2016 Rev. 4

Languages on this website

EMA makes the information that is of greatest impact and relevance for general audiences available in all official EU languages.

Check EMA's language policy

Services and databases

EMA has several websites and systems to support its work. 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.

Browse services and databases

EMA communication activities: stakeholder feedback

EMA routinely gathers stakeholder feedback on its communication activities via communication perception surveys. 

The findings help EMA set targets, address areas for improvement and measure progress in the area of communication.

EMA has been capturing the results of its communication perception surveys in report format since 2017.

Please note that no report is available on the 2020 survey, due to impact on EMA of the COVID-19 pandemic.

More information: 

EMA communication perception survey report 2024

EMA communication perception survey report 2022

EMA communication perception survey report 2017