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Committee for Advanced Therapy (CAT)

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The Committee for Advanced Therapies (CAT) is the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) committee responsible for assessing the quality, safety and efficacy of advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) and following scientific developments in the field.

The committee’s main responsibility is to prepare a draft opinion on each ATMP application submitted to EMA, before the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopts a final opinion on the marketing authorization of the medicine concerned.

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Scientific Advice

Advice given by a regulatory/ reimbursement authority to a manufacturer on appropriate tests and studies…

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U

Unanticipated Adverse Device Effect (UADE)

Any serious adverse effect on health or safety or any life-threatening problem or death caused…

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