Paediatric Committee (PDCO): 15-18 October 2019, Amsterdam

date October 15, 2019 - October 18, 2019
city Amsterdam
organisation European Medicines Agency (EMA) i

The Paediatric Committee (PDCO) is the committee that is responsible for assessing the content of paediatric investigation plans, which describe how a medicine should be studied in children, as well as waivers and deferrals.


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European Medicines Agency (EMA)

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is a decentralised body of the European Union with headquarters in Amsterdam. Its main responsibility is the protection and promotion of public and animal health, through the evaluation and supervision of medicines for human and veterinary use.

The EMA is responsible for the scientific evaluation of applications for European marketing authorisation for medicinal products (centralised procedure). Under the centralised procedure, companies submit one single marketing authorisation application to the EMA.

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