Albanian Ministry of Health visited HALMED
05.11.2015
The Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices (HALMED) received on 2 November 2015 in Zagreb, a delegation of the Albanian Ministry of Health, headed by the minister of health of the Republic of Albania, Mr Ilir Beqaj, who initiated the visit.
The Deputy Head of Agency, Dr Hrvoje Tumir, held a presentation to inform the Albanian delegation about HALMED’s activities. In addition, HALMED staff members: Maja Lovrek, Suzana Oštarčević, Rajka Truban Žulj and Jasminka Tadin informed the hosted delegation about marketing authorisation procedures in the Republic of Croatia, regulation of medical devices, activities of the HALMED’s OMCL and overview of the Croatian legislation available on the HALMED webpages. A visit to HALMED’s OMCL was also organised.
HALMED signed a Protocol of Collaboration in the field of medicinal products and medical devices with the Albanian Agency for medicines and medical devices with the aim to foster co-operation between two agencies through information exchange on marketing authorisation procedures, quality control, pharmacovigilance, information of HCPs and wider public, as well as education of HCPs on medicines and medical devices.
