Meeting of Heads of Agency (HMA) from 4 to 6 May 2022

The French agency for veterinary medicinal products (Anses-ANMV) organised with Ansm (French agency for human medicines) the second meeting of Heads of Agency (HMA) from 4 to 6 May. The meeting was held at the Palais du Grand Large in Saint Malo with 90 participants from the competent European authorities, the European Commission and the European Medicines Agency (EMA). On the first day, a meeting was organised with stakeholders: representatives of the veterinary medicine industry, veterinarians, farmers and the veterinary diagnosis industry. Among other things, the meeting provided an opportunity to discuss the implementation of the Veterinary Regulations. On May 5th and 6th, the heads of medicines agencies met for a day and a half. At the veterinary session, the European strategy HMA-EMA 2021-2025 on “Big Data” was adopted as well as the Action Plan of the Network of Agencies’ 2025 Strategy. Part of this event was dedicated to medical devices for human use.