Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products | |
Native Name: | Federaal Agentschap voor Geneesmiddelen en Gezondheidsproducten (FAGG in Dutch) Agence fédérale des médicaments et des produits de santé (AFMPS in French) |
Preceding1: | Directorate-general for Medicines (Federal Public Service Health) |
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Headquarters: | Saint-Gilles, Brussels |
Coordinates: | 50.8361°N 4.3333°W |
Employees: | 458 (anno 2016) |
Budget: | Ca. 70,000,000 EUR |
Minister1 Name: | Frank Vandenbroucke |
Minister1 Pfo: | Minister of Public Health |
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Chief1 Name: | Hugues Malonne |
Chief1 Position: | Administrator-general |
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Parent Department: | Federal Public Service Health |
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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. Hugues Malonne is the current CEO 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.