Our Medicine finder above helps you find information on medicines authorised for human or veterinary use. You can find these by including the medicine's name or its active substance. It shows you information on centrally authorised medicines - medicines that EMA evaluated. You can also find information on herbal medicines.
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Use our advanced search to make use of search filters that are designed to make your search more precise and for finding information onall types of medicine-related procedures, including refused or withdrawn medicines.
We also offer search tips to help optimise your search experience.
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Nationally authorised medicines
The medicine you are looking for may be authorised in individual Member States via national procedures, rather than centrally via EMA. Only medicines evaluated by EMA are available on this website.
You may not be able to obtain a complete list of available treatment options for a specific condition by searching on EMA's website.
Check the national registers of authorised medicinesfor finding medicines authorised via national procedures.
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EMA's role
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) facilitates development and access to medicines for countries within the European Union (EU). EMA evaluates applications for marketing authorisation submitted via the centralised procedure, monitors the safety of medicines across their lifecycle and provides information to healthcare professionals and patients.
The medicines included in our work include medicines for human use, medicines for veterinary use and herbal medicines.
Read more about what we doIn this section
Download medicine data
You can dowload EMA's medicine-related data published on this website in Excel table format
What we publish on medicines and when
The different types of information stakeholders can expect on this website about medicines, including the publication times and location
Medicines for human use under evaluation
The list of medicines currently under evaluation by EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP), updated monthly
National registers of authorised medicines
A list of national medicine registers in the different Member States of EU / EEA, containing information on medicines authorised in those countries
Therapeutic areas: latest updates
HIV and AIDS
Latest news and updates from EMA on medicines against HIV and AIDS
Cancer
Latest news and updates from EMA on medicines against cancer
Cardiovascular disease
Latest news and updates from EMA on medicines against cardiovascular disease
Diabetes
Latest news and updates from EMA on medicines against diabetes
Immune-system diseases
Latest news and updates from EMA on medicines against immune-system diseases
Viral diseases
Latest news and updates from EMA on medicines against viral diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases
Latest news and updates from EMA on medicines against neurodegenerative diseases
Buying medicines online
To stay safe when buying human or veterinary medicines online, buy only from online retailers registered with the national competent authorities in the EU Member States.
The EU has introduced a logo to help you identify these retailers.
This will help reduce your risk of buying sub-standard or falsified medicines.
See logo for human medicines
See logo for veterinary medicines
Featured topics
Medicine shortages
Information on medicine shortages that EMA has assessed and links to national registers of shortages in the EU / EEA
Antimicrobial resistance
What EMA does to combat antimicrobial resistance
Biosimilar medicines
The regulation of biosimilar medicines in the EU, including information guides for patients and healthcare professionals
Crisis preparedness and management
EMA's role in preparing for and managing crisis situations affecting the EU single market for medicines and medical devices
Suspected side effects of medicines
Check the European suspected adverse drug reactions database for reports of suspected side effects and information on how to interpret them
COVID-19 medicines
Information on the authorised COVID-19 treatments and vaccines in the EU
Veterinary Medicines information website
Visit the Veterinary Medicines informattion website for information on authorised veterinary medicines across all EU / EEA countries, including their availability in specific countries.
Services and databases
EMA has several websites and systems to support its work. Some of the information in these systems is available to all visitors, such as details about clinical trials in the EU, reports of suspected side effects, and other medicine-related data.
Medicine evaluation figures
EMA publishes information on the volume and outcome of marketing authorisation and post-authorisation applications for the human and veterinary medicines that it evaluates.
