In July 2019, the National Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices (NAMMD) was reorganised and changed its name to National Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Romania (NAMMDR). This change needs to be considered in relation to the communication with the Agency and, more...
After February 9th 2019 the EU drug verification system (established by the Falsified Medicines Directive (Directive 2011/62/EU) and further detailed by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161) became applicable. The Bulgarian Drug Agency (BDA) and the Bulgarian Medicines Verification Organisation (BGMVO) published the first Guidelines for managing...
The Bulgarian Drug Law amendments were published on 12-Oct-2018 affecting the timelines which are legally set for the Bulgarian Drug Agency (BDA) to issue/refuse national manufacturing authorisations or wholesale distribution licenses. The previously provided 90 days are now reduced to 60 days. According to the...
The Bulgarian Drug Law amendments published on 12-Oct-2018 introduced the biggest changes in the field of clinical trials in many years. Apart from synchronizing with Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, the national law amendments also completely restructure...
2015 was the year marked by the Bulgarian government's upgrade of the pricing and reimbursement system by introducing changes in the Law on the Medicinal Products in Human Medicine, the Law on Health Insurance and in several regulations. Some of the main highlights are presented...
In January 2014 the Bulgarian Parliament passed amendments to the Medicinal Products in Human Medicine Act (the Drug Law) aiming restriction of the parallel trade with pharmaceutical products exported from Bulgaria. The justification given for this action was to avoid shortages of medicinal products on...
A new Pricing & Reimbursement Regulation came into force in the beginning of May in Bulgaria. It continues the line of amendments in the national legal framework started at the end of 2012. The amendments came as a result of the heavy pressure to lower...
Although the main legislative act governing the pharma sector in Bulgaria (the Drug Law) is often subject to amendments, on 21-Dec-2012 some major changes were promulgated. The provisions of Directive 2010/84/EU and Directive 2011/62/EU were implemented, as well as some nationally specific changes were introduced....