European Medicines Agency
E3950
The European Medicines Agency is the European Union’s regulatory authority responsible for the scientific evaluation, supervision, and safety monitoring of medicines for human and veterinary use.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T50395 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: European Medicines Agency Context triple: [Amsterdam, hostsInstitution, European Medicines Agency]
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A.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe is a UN regional body that promotes economic integration, sustainable development, and cooperation among countries in Europe and neighboring regions.
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World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized international agency that directs and coordinates global health efforts, including disease control, health policy, and emergency response.
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C.
GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline is a global biopharmaceutical company known for developing and manufacturing prescription medicines, vaccines, and consumer healthcare products.
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European Research Area
The European Research Area is a unified research and innovation space of the European Union that aims to integrate national scientific systems, promote cross-border collaboration, and strengthen Europe’s global competitiveness in research.
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E.
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health is the United States’ primary federal biomedical research agency, supporting and conducting medical research to improve public health.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: European Medicines Agency Target entity description: The European Medicines Agency is the European Union’s regulatory authority responsible for the scientific evaluation, supervision, and safety monitoring of medicines for human and veterinary use.
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A.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe is a UN regional body that promotes economic integration, sustainable development, and cooperation among countries in Europe and neighboring regions.
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B.
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized international agency that directs and coordinates global health efforts, including disease control, health policy, and emergency response.
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C.
GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline is a global biopharmaceutical company known for developing and manufacturing prescription medicines, vaccines, and consumer healthcare products.
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D.
European Research Area
The European Research Area is a unified research and innovation space of the European Union that aims to integrate national scientific systems, promote cross-border collaboration, and strengthen Europe’s global competitiveness in research.
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Eurocontrol
Eurocontrol is a pan-European intergovernmental organization responsible for coordinating and managing air traffic control across much of Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European Union agency
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medicines regulatory authority ⓘ |
| abbreviation | EMA ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
human medicines
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veterinary medicines ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
EU member state national medicines agencies
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ⓘ European Commission ⓘ Heads of Medicines Agencies ⓘ International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use ⓘ World Health Organization ⓘ |
| country | European Union ⓘ |
| formerHeadquartersCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| formerHeadquartersLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| foundedBy | European Union ⓘ |
| hasCommittee |
Committee for Advanced Therapies
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Committee for Herbal Medicinal Products ⓘ Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products ⓘ
surface form:
Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use
Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use ⓘ Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products ⓘ Paediatric Committee ⓘ European Medicines Agency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee
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| headquartersCountry | Netherlands ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| inception | 1995 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | European Union ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 ⓘ |
| mission | to protect human and animal health in the EU by ensuring that medicines are safe, effective and of high quality ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | European Union ⓘ |
| predecessor | Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products ⓘ |
| relocatedDueTo | Brexit ⓘ |
| role |
coordination of COVID-19 vaccine evaluations
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coordination of EU medicines regulatory network ⓘ coordination of inspections related to medicines ⓘ crisis preparedness and management for medicines ⓘ evaluation of marketing authorisation applications ⓘ management of orphan medicinal product designation ⓘ management of paediatric investigation plans ⓘ management of safety signals for medicines ⓘ pharmacovigilance coordination ⓘ provision of scientific advice to medicine developers ⓘ publication of medicine assessment reports ⓘ publication of safety communications ⓘ safety monitoring of medicines ⓘ scientific evaluation of medicines ⓘ supervision of medicines ⓘ support for development of new medicines ⓘ support to EU member states on medicines regulation ⓘ transparency of medicines information ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ema.europa.eu ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: European Medicines Agency Description of subject: The European Medicines Agency is the European Union’s regulatory authority responsible for the scientific evaluation, supervision, and safety monitoring of medicines for human and veterinary use.
Referenced by (86)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee
UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
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collaboratesWith
→
European Medicines Agency
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European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare
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cooperatesWith
→
European Medicines Agency
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this entity surface form:
European Medicines Agency headquarters
Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use
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parentOrganization
→
European Medicines Agency
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subject surface form:
European Medicines Agency
this entity surface form:
European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products
subject surface form:
European Medicines Agency
this entity surface form:
European Medicines Evaluation Agency
this entity surface form:
European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products
subject surface form:
Certificates of Suitability
this entity surface form:
scientific committees of the European Medicines Agency
Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee within the European Medicines Agency
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partOf
→
European Medicines Agency
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subject surface form:
Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee
Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee within the European Medicines Agency
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parentOrganization
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European Medicines Agency
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subject surface form:
Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee