title: 28th Annual DIA EuroMeeting (April 6-8, 2016 - Hamburg, Germany).
abstract: The 28(th) Drug Information Association (DIA) Annual EuroMeeting took place in Hamburg, Germany, gathering together participants from different industries, organizations, academic research centers, regulatory agencies and health ministries, mainly from the E.U. The conference began with a regulatory Town Hall meeting focusing on the E.U. Medicines Agencies Network strategy to 2020. This was followed by an opening plenary session where the diverse roles of innovation in drug development were discussed. Areas for discussion over the meeting were classified into 14 main themes, and for each session, profession¬als from the pharmaceutical industry, regulatory agencies and health ministries, as well as delegates from patient organizations, presented their considerations for debate. This report covers some regulatory sessions presented at the meeting.
authors.affiliation: Thomson Reuters, Paris, France. marie.petit@thomsonreuters.com.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.affiliation: Thomson Reuters, Barcelona, Spain. joaquin.fernandez@thomsonreuters.com.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernández
keywords: EMA; FDA; Medical devices; PRIME; Pharmacovigilance