title: [Not Available].
abstract: In the European Union three different procedures for licensing medical products exist: the national licensing procedure, the centralised licensing procedure as well as the mutual recognition facilitation procedure (MRFP). The paper will discuss all three procedures with respect to the licensing of vaccines. In addition it focuses on the advantages and disadvantages of each procedure and discusses the resulting consequences for vaccine application as well as the development of vaccination schemes.
authors.affiliation: Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schwanig