This year, on April 9th, the fifth edition of the conference “Patient Safety through Medicines’ Safety” took place, an event organized by OSMR (The Romanian Medicines Verification Organisation) and The National Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices in Romania (ANMDMR).
Alongside top decision-makers in the field of heath, such as: the presidential adviser on public health – Diana-Loreta Păun; the president of the National Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices in Romania (ANMDMR) – Răzvan Mihai Prisada, the president of the Senate Health Committee – Adrian Streinu-Cercel & OSMR President – Dan Zaharescu, esteemed guests from Belgium and Slovakia joined the conference: Mr. Philippe De Buck, Head of Division, Authorisations, Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products, Mr. Philippe Coene, General Manager, Belgian Medicines Verification Organisation, Mr. Roman Guba, General Manager, Slovak Medicines Verification Organization, Mr. Kasper Ernest, Secretary General, Affordable Medicines Europe & Board Member, European Medicines Verification Organisation (EMVO).
They discussed the importance of the system, how it works and the role of the various institutions involved, but also about the future prospects, where new challenges regarding medicines appear constantly.
“OSMR has stood out in its five years of operation as a valuable discussion partner with EMVO. The NMVS is performing in line with the high expectations we initially set, and as a recognition of its good performance, we mention that we have volunteered twice to be a pilot country for the implementation of new, better performing versions of the platform. Moreover, we issued two Guides: the Guide for Pharmacies and the Guide for Wholesalers with the transactions available in the NMVS”, Laurentiu Mihai, OSMR General Manager.
NMVS has 100% registered End-Users and an alert level of 0,02% of the total of over 850 million transactions registered in 2023, below the 0,05% target set at European level. In January 2024, a total of 9.612 pharmacies, 592 hospitals and 392 wholesalers were registered in NMVS.
