As of July 1 2015, it is mandatory to submit centralized procedure applications for human medicines to the EMA via eSubmission Gateway/Web Client. These applications will automatically be made available to all national competent authorities via a common online repository. Companies should therefore no longer send centralized procedure applications for human medicines to individual Member States on CDs/DVDs or via the Common European Submission Platform. The common repository, available since February 2014, is aimed at accelerating the validation of incoming applications.

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