20/01/2022 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 20 January, the European Parliament approved by a very large majority (655 votes in favour, 31 against and 8 abstentions) the agreement it had reached last October with the Council of the European Union on the new prerogatives of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) (see EUROPE B12822A1). The EMA will be given new responsibilities for monitoring medicine stocks and developing medicines in the event of a health emergency. This is the first of the...