Ms. Marja-Leena Partanen appointed as Director General of the NAM

Ms. Marja-Liisa Partanen, Deputy Director General at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has been appointed as Director General of the National Agency for Medicines as of 13 February. She is the successor of professor Hannes Wahlroos whohad given his resignation earlier this year.

Ms Liisa Hyssälä, Minister of Social Affairs and Health has launched a project to reorganise the tasks of agencies under the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health pertaining to pharmaceutical supply through the establishment of a new pharmaceutical centre. The aim of the reorganisation is to consolidate pharmaceutical supply resources and to streamline operations.

The responsibility for preparing for the new pharmaceutical centre has been transferred by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health to Director General Partanen. The Ministry will continue the preparations for establishing the new pharmaceutical centre and the reorganisation of pharmaceutical supply.

The project steering group will be leading the process, defining the strategy, organisation and management system for the centre and determining the tasks to be relocated. The project group will guide and coordinate the reform under the steering group and answers for, inter alia, the preparations for strategy, organisation and management system for the new centre.

The new pharmaceutical centre will start with R & D operations in Kuopio on 1 November 2009. Special attention will be paid to securing the continuity of operations even during the decentralisation process up to 2014.

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the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Press release 19.1.2009 New Pharmaceutical Centre will be established in Kuopio
Press release 10.9.2008 Pharmaceutical expertise to be consolidated into new centre in Finland