Danish Medicines Agency
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The Danish Medicines Agency (Lægemiddelstyrelsen) is an agency under the Danish
Ministry of Health and Prevention.
The purpose of the agency is to ensure that medicinal products used in Denmark are of satisfactory quality, are safe to use and that they have the desired effect. This is done through administering the Danish legislation on medicinal products, reimbursement, pharmacies, medical devices
and euphoriants.
Functionally speaking the Danish Medicines Agency compares to that of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
Ministry of Health and Prevention.
The purpose of the agency is to ensure that medicinal products used in Denmark are of satisfactory quality, are safe to use and that they have the desired effect. This is done through administering the Danish legislation on medicinal products, reimbursement, pharmacies, medical devices
and euphoriants.
Functionally speaking the Danish Medicines Agency compares to that of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.