NCAA National Competent Authority – or regulatory authority – has the power to grant marketing authorisations for medicinal products in its territory.National competent authorities are organisations that have the legally delegated or invested authority, or power to perform a designated function,(...)
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National Procedure (NP)Independent national procedures are strictly limited to medicines which are to be authorised and marketed in only one Member State (MS). This procedure is nowadays rarely followed for new products.