Partners

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Project Coordination

GERMANY: Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM)

The BfArM is an independent federal higher authority responsible for licensing, improving the safety of medicinal products, detecting and evaluating the risks of medical devices, and monitoring the legal traffic in narcotic drugs. The most important aim of these activities is to increase the safety of medicinal products and thus that of the patients.

Coordinator of the STARS project:

Dr. Wiebke Löbker, pharmacist with further education in the field of medication information and head of the Innovation Office at the BfArM. She is also the BfArM´s representative at the EU-Innovation Network.

Contact details: visit website | write an e-mail | phone: +49 (0) 228 99 307 4053

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GERMANY: Paul-Ehrlich Institute (PEI )

The Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI), the Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines, near Frankfurt/Main is a senior federal authority reporting to the Federal Ministry of Health. It is responsible for the research, assessment, and marketing authorisation of biomedicines for human use and immunological veterinary medicinal products. Its remit also includes the authorisation of clinical trials and pharmacovigilance. Other duties of the institute include official batch control, scientific advice and inspections. In-house experimental research in the field of biomedicines and life science form an indispensable basis for the manifold tasks performed at the institute. The PEI also has advisory functions nationally and internationally.

STARS contact person at PEI:

Bettina Ziegele

Contact details: visit website | write an e-mail | phone: +49 (0) 6103 77 4006

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GERMANY: DLR Projektträger

DLR is a non-governmental, non-profit German research organisation. Its project management agency, DLR Projektträger (DLR-PT), is mandated by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and other ministries with regard to implementation and management of governmental programmes for research funding.

The health research department of DLR-PT manages the areas of biomedical, clinical and health services research for BMBF, administrating a total of about 220 Mio € annually in several funding programmes aiming at fostering research infrastructure as well as internationally competitive research in the life science area. The health research department also hosts the National Contact Point Health Research. Regarding personalised medicine, DLR-PT is coordinating the secretariat of the International Consortium on Personalised Medicine (IC PerMed) and is an active partner in the ERA-Net cofound Personalised Medicine, both EU funded projects.

DLR-PT's division 'European and International Cooperation' includes the 'International Bureau (IB)' and the 'EU Bureau of the BMBF (EUB)', and also hosts the German EUREKA/COST Bureau. Having a strong background in R&D strategy and policy implementation with particular emphasis on international relations, IB is especially dedicated to international cooperation activities.

DLR-PT supports the BfArM and the Paul-Ehrlich Institute in the coordination of the STARS project. The contact persons are:

Dr. Wolfgang Ballensiefen
Petra Schumann

Contact details: visit website (division 'Health') | visit website (division 'European and International Cooperation') | write an e-mail

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STARS Partners

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AUSTRIA	BELGIUM	CZECH REPUBLIC	EU	FINLAND	FRANCE
HUNGARY	IRELAND	ITALY	LATVIA	LITHUANIA	MALTA
NETHERLANDS	POLAND	PORTUGAL	SPAIN	SWEDEN	UNITED KINGDOM

AUSTRIA: Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES)

The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety is an expert organisation striving to minimise risks in areas of public health, animal health, food safety, medical and drug safety as well as consumer protection. Founded in 2002, the agency is fully owned by the Republic of Austria.
One of its divisions, the Austrian Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (AGES MEA), is responsible for issuing new marketing authorisations for medicinal products in Austria and for the surveillance of already markteted medicinal products and medical devices in terms of effectivity and possible side effects, also inspecting manufacture, transport and storage. AGES MEA also monitors blood- and tissue-vigilance issues.
AGES MEA is closely linked to BASG, the Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG), providing BASG with necessary resources, staff and infrastructure. When carrying out sovereign activities, the employees of AGES MEA are acting on behalf of BASG.

Contact details: visit website | write an e-mail | phone: +43 (0) 50 555-36111

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BELGIUM: Federal Agency For Medicines And Health Products (FAMHP)

FAMHP is the Belgian authority responsible for the quality, safety and efficacy of medicines and health products. It works at both national and international level to ensure the population the optimal use of the medicines and health products they need.

Contact details: visit website