Press Release: European Medicines Agency awards first ‘ENCePP study’ seal for post-marketing study

The European Medicine Agency (EMA) and the European Network of Centres for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance (ENCePP), announced on 1 October 2010, that the first 'ENCePP study' seal had been awarded to an observational study in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The study will analyse data of some 40,000 subjects available in health information systems in three Italian regions. The study will be coordinated by the Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Regional Health Service. The final study report is expected in June 2013.