During a visit to Montenegro by the Minister for Health and Active Ageing Jo Etienne Abela, an agreement was reached for Malta to lead a Twinning Light project entitled Strengthening the Administrative Capacity of the Institute for Medicines and Medical Devices of Montenegro regarding the Requirements of the EU Accession Process .
This project is led by the Maltese Medicines Authority in collaboration with the Institute for Medicines and Medical Devices of Montenegro, and will include workshops, joint inspections and a joint analysis of the legal framework, among other activities. This project is expected to contribute significantly to the strengthening of the administrative capacities of the Institute for Medicines and Medical Devices of Montenegro and the alignment with European Union standards.
Minister Jo Etienne Abela explained how in this project the Maltese Medicines Authority is helping Montenegro so that the systems and regulations of this authority are in line with those of the EU. “This is a very important step for Montenegro and our country is happy to be helping this country achieve its goals,” reiterated Minister Abela.
Head of the Maltese Medicines Authority, Prof. Anthony Serracino Inglott, said that our country will be instrumental in helping Montenegro regulate this sector, and that this initiative has already begun to work successfully as a number of inspectors from Montenegro came to Malta and carried out inspections in one of the medicines factories in our country.
In a separate meeting, Minister Jo Etienne Abela met with the Minister of Health of Montenegro Vojislav Šimun where they discussed how the two countries can collaborate when it comes to digitalization in the health sector as well as working together on non-communicable diseases.
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