History: 

The Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (FAMHP) was established by the law of 20 July 2006.

The FAMHP is a public interest organisation with legal personality, classified under category A, as referred in the law of March 16, 1954 on the control of certain public interest organisations.

Mission: 

The FAMHP plays an essential role in the protection of public health with the following mission:

“Ensuring, from development to use, the quality, safety and efficacy:

• of medicines for human and veterinary use, including homeopathic medicines and herbal medicines, pharmacy made and officinal preparations;
• of health products, including medical devices and accessories, and raw materials for the preparation and production of medicines.

Ensuring, from collection to use, the quality, safety and efficacy:

• of all operations involving blood, cells and tissues, which are also defined as health products”.*