The 2016 Annual Report of the State Agency of MedicinesThe State Agency of Medicines (SAM) has published its Annual Report of the year 2016 which summarizes information regarding the operation of the Agency during the previous year. Some of the numbers that show Agency’s achievements last year:
Svens Henkuzens, the Director of the State Agency of Medicines: “Alongside with the performance of basic activities, the following priorities were set for 2016: firstly, minimising the impact of risks created by disruptions in the supply of medicines in Latvia, secondly, resources were allocated for strengthening communication with the stakeholders representing pharmaceutical companies and general public, thirdly, attention was brought to the improvement of information technologies and their effective use.” It should also be mentioned that continuous development of the quality management system was performed, and at the end of 2016 quality management system was assessed as compliant with the new 2015 ISO 9001 standard and the ISO/IEC 27001:13 information security standard by Bureau Veritas Latvia. In 2016 the State Agency of Medicines also celebrated 20th anniversary of the foundation of the Agency. The 2016 Annual Report of the State Agency of Medicines is available in the section “Publications” on the SAM website.
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The 2016 Annual Report of the State Agency of Medicines
02.06.2017.