title: [Role of advisory boards attached to agencies: the example of the French Marketing Authorization Committee].
abstract: Since 1978, French Health Authorities are supported by external experts committees. Hospital and university experts are organized as advisory boards and are implicated in drug assessment. The French Marketing Authorization Committee is described as an example of such external experts panels.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne A, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Caulin
mesh_terms: D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005602:France; D006077:Government Agencies; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D012017:Referral and Consultation