Austria as RMS
RMS - Expertise
For many years now, Austria has been conducting authorisation procedures for human and veterinary medicinal products at European level as a Reference Member State (RMS). At the beginning of 2019, the 1000th procedure number in the decentralised area for human medicinal products could be assigned; this confirms the confidence and trust that the applicants have in the Austrian authority and therefore repeatedly entrust with the management of their procedures.
The Austrian authority is an expert organisation that has acquired a great deal of expertise and experience in recent years in the assessment of the efficacy, safety and quality of medicinal products and, with this knowledge, actively supports applicants in the approval of their medicinal products.
BASG actively invests in the know-how of its employees. Regular training and networking opportunities at European level ensure that the quality of the assessment remains at a consistently high level.
Additionally, Austria actively participates in shaping relevant committees. Austria is strongly participating in decisions and activities of the Coordination group for Mutual recognition and Decentralised procedures for human/veterinary medicinal products (CMDh/CMDv) and well represented in scientific committees at the European Medicines Agency (EMA), e.g. the Pharmacokinetics Working Party (PKWP), the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) and the Scientific Advice Working Party (SAWP).
As to the quality assessors team, Austria is heavily involved within Europe with regards to the assessment of Certificates of Suitability (CEPs) and a key member in the development of the Active Substance Masterfile (ASMF) repository.
Furthermore, the well-established Case Managers ensure prompt processing and smooth communication between applicants, assessors and other NCAs. Especially sensitive procedure phases, e.g. the validation phase and in Decentralised procedures (DCP) the clock-stop phase are supervised proactively.
As reliable and competent interface the Case Managers always keep track of the procedure – with regards to content as well as the timelines – and keep the procedure duration as short as possible. The high number of early (before Day 210) finalised DCPs of the last years reflects the developments in the field of the procedure lead.
The CMDh publishes annual statistics on the various authorisation procedures for medicinal products for human use, which you can find on the CMDh website.
For human and veterinary medicinal products:
Please see DCP/MRP/RUP slots for information on our slot allocating system.
Please see RMS transfer for information on RMS switch.
- RMS Flyer 2021| 698 KB25/06/2021
Day 0 repeat use procedure
It is possible to include further member states following an authorisation in a decentralised procedure or mutual recognition procedure by means of a purely administrative Day 0 repeat use procedure, e.g. in order to avoid potential supply shortages (see press release). In this case, both the RMS and the new CMS must agree prior to submission that the procedure can be carried out purely administratively and that the time table will be drastically shortened.
Accordingly, the following points should be noted:
- only possible for authorised medicinal products for which Austria is already the RMS (i.e., following MR/DC procedures)
- there is no requirement to prepare an updated RMS Assessment Report
- the application contains a confirmation by the applicant/marketing authorisation holder that the submission is identical in content to the dossier already submitted to the RMS
- confirmation must be obtained from the new CMS that the dossier and product information are acceptable in their current version present on the planned submission date
- approval for the Day 0 repeat use procedure is obtained from the RMS and planned CMS prior to the actual submission date
- the applicant informs the RMS if the new CMS require a renewal
Please submit such requests with AT as RMS to rms@basg.gv.at. Information about the respective fee can be found in the currently valid regulation of fees.
