The number of the general manager of the agency currently represented by Nicolas Magrini has been cancelled. The two advisory committees, the Scientific Technical Committee (CTS) and the Committee on Pricing and Reimbursement (CPR), were merged. The new single committee will be called the Scientific and Economic Committee for Medicines and will report directly to the AIFA Board of Directors.
November 30 – It’s been in the air for some time. Yesterday afternoon, one of the most anticipated reforms was passed in the Senate Social Affairs, Health, and Labor Committee.
It was simply meant to be the third stretch of the 
The mandate of the AIFA advisory committees “expired” on October 15 to be submitted to February 28, 2023 with all its members continuing, under a provision related to the strengthening of NATO and measures for the SSR in Calabria, but two identical amendments were made, added by Senator Leonardi and Zulu of the Brotherhood of Italy to highlight reform Intrinsic to agency structure and internal balances.
The number of the General Manager, who currently has all administrative powers and manages its activity, currently held by Nicola Magrini, has been cancelled.
The Scientific Technical Advisory Committee (CTS) and the Committee on Pricing and Reimbursement (CPR) were abolished and the related functions assigned to one new committee called the Committee on Scientific and Economical for Medicines (CSE), consisting of ten members, was appointed. by special decree.
The AIFA President becomes the agency’s legal representative. A new decree, to be adopted within 60 days of approving the law, will regulate its functions in addition to those of the administrative director and the scientific technical director, two figures that were created in 2019 but have not been named until today.
The AIFA Board of Directors continues to consist of five members: the President, two representatives indicated by the Ministry of Health and two representatives identified by the Conference of Regions.
The decree will be the result of the work of the Ministry of Health in coordination with the Public Service and the MEF and in accordance with the Conference of Regions. By converting the decree into law, the number of the general manager falls.
The new committee will not be able to assume its functions before March 1, 2023, as the extension of the mandate of the CTS and the Permanent Representatives Committee that has already been established until February 28, 2023 is still valid.
law Project. The transformation into law of the Decree-Law of November 8, 2022, n. 169, containing urgent provisions to extend the participation of military personnel in strengthening NATO initiatives, measures of the health service in the Calabria region, as well as commissions in AIFA
Modification of Committee Procedures (Article 3)
Amendments (3.1bis and 3.1bis approved)
Amendment 3.1 Zullo, Leonardi
Modify 3.1 (Text 2) and 3.2 (Text 2) / First CommitteeAnd the
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Lorenzen. With this coup, the independence of the Italian Medicines Agency is effectively given up.” This was stated by Beatrice Lorenzin, Vice President of the Pd Group in the Senate, in her comment on the change in the ruling of Aifa amending the majority on the NATO and Calabria decree.
“With the centralization of new governance in the hands of the chairman, wholly political in nature, the agency’s mission and the nature of its scientific independence are distorted. – asserts Lorenzen – as well as the virtuous balance between powers and responsibilities. The minister’s report to parliament was expected as he outlined his programme, the government’s vision on planning, prevention and innovation in the NHS and Ssr and on the role of the supervised bodies.” (Source Yahoo – 1 Dec 2022)